“As much as I wanted to hate it, it was almost impossible to resist the show’s endearing charm. Yes – it’s a mess – but it does exactly what it sets out to do. There’s a purity in that – and punters will surely have a rocking great night.”
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This production includes a few too many creative components, I think they’ve done just about everything you can do on stage, apart from making it rain. They may have done this to detract from the (lack of a) plot – but ultimately, it causes further confusion and creates a convoluted production. Whilst not guaranteed to blow your mind, nothing beats hearing Queen’s music live, and the band perform this exceptionally.
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“To be fair, the projected visuals are techno-whizzy and the cast pretty fizzy [Ian McIntosh and Elena Skye]. On Tuesday’s opening night, Brian May rocked up like some deus ex machina for the finale of Bohemian Rhapsody, surging the theatrical power levels. If they could make a hologram of him, the show might yet attain a kinda magic; as it stands, it’s all a bit tragic.”
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“This insultingly slapdash musical by Ben Elton and Queen is possibly the most cynical piece of entertainment I’ve ever seen. The pomp-rockers’ impressive greatest hits are hammered willy-nilly into a nonsensical futuristic plot.”
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“Watching this production carried me back to the bleak night, long ago... Elton’s script is almost as slapdash, shoehorning songs into one scene after another”
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“It is moving when Brian May appears on stage to play his guitar to Bohemian Rhapsody at the end, too, but the journey here has been quite a trudge...In a preamble, Elton’s Rebel Leader talks of less than flattering reviews of the original production. In this critic’s view, it’s a case of going back to that future for iPlanet’s shaggy bohemians.”
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This is a disappointing revival of the cult musical, though We Will Rock You still manages to draw huge audience numbers who are delighted by the music and endless rock references
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“Even as jukebox musicals go, this one is particularly shoddy and tasteless...Queen deserve to be remembered, they’re legends. But if it is a place onstage they’re after, they deserve more than this mess.”
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