The story We Will Rock You written by Ben Elton, music and lyrics by the band Queen, will have every adolescent of the 70’s and 80’s who ever owned a record by them reminiscing down memory lane. With great hits like “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Radio GaGa”, and “I Want To Break Free”, this is a show that all Freddie Mercury fans will love. However, there is small here for the fans of musical theatre.
The plot is middling to say the least and the comedy is contained in simple one-line gags that barely raise a titter. The story is based in the far-away future at a time when musical instruments have been barred and kids are no longer able to make their own music. Instead they are subjected to Global Soft’s computer simulated virtual boy and girl bands, playing mindless dull boring tracks. Global Soft, the corporate giant that now controls the planet’s music industry has destroyed youth culture, turning all the boys and girls into cyber zombies whose only mission in life is to consume the company’s products.
Individualism is seen as a virus that intimidates to wipe out Global Soft’s market domination, and so the company’s police are used to control any kids that do not obey and to destroy their artistic creativity. However, like all oppressive regimes they have their adversary. In this case it is the “Bohemians”, teenagers who keep alive the legend of rock music and live subversive lifestyles outside Global Soft’s control. The Bohemians are awaiting their Messiah, the “Dreamer” who will remember the music of the past and will also locate the musical instruments that were hidden away by the rock band “Queen” who apparently anticipated the death of Rock and with it the enslavement of the world’s youth.
The Killer Queen, an evil dominatrix, is Global Soft’s Chairwoman who is strong-minded to stop the Dreamer and find and destroy Queen’s musical instruments. Will she succeed or will the Dreamer, Galileo, save Rock and the world’s youth from her evil corporate domination?
Not a great show, unless you happen to be a fan of Queen.
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