We Will Rock You (musical)

We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre, London
MusicQueen
LyricsQueen
BookBen Elton
Productions2002 West End
2009 UK tour
2010 UK tour
2013 10th anniversary tour
2019 North America tour
2019 UK tour
2023 West End
AwardsLaurence Olivier Award for Most Popular Show

We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY) is a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton. The musical tells the story of a renegade group known as the Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought and culture in a vaguely Orwellian society.

Directed by Christopher Renshaw and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, the original West End production opened in 2002. Although the musical was at first panned by critics, it has become an audience favourite, becoming the longest-running musical at the Dominion Theatre, celebrating its tenth anniversary on 14 May 2012.[1]

The original production closed on 31 May 2014, at that time the eleventh longest-running musical in West End history.[2] Numerous international and touring productions have followed, and We Will Rock You has been seen in six of the world's continents. By December 2022 the musical had been seen by 20 million people across 28 countries.[3]

From 2 June to 27 August 2023, We Will Rock You returned to the West End for a 12-week run at the London Coliseum.[4]

  1. ^ Photos: Robert De Niro rocks up to WWRY's tenth birthday Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Whatsonstage Retrieved 15 May 2012
  2. ^ A final song, "The show must go on", was performed to mark the occasion. This was the same song the cast performed in the 2014 Westend Eurovision. WE WILL ROCK YOU to Close at the Dominion, 31 May, Broadwayworld, Retrieved 11 March 2014
  3. ^ "We Will Rock You returns to London's West End 21 years after its premiere". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "We Will Rock You returns to London's West End 21 years after its premiere". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 December 2022.