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We Will Rock You musical- is it crap?

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BlueClues · 01/07/2023 09:25

My DS (10) has developed a love for Queen over the last couple of months. He is desperate to go and see them but they aren’t touring (not sure if they will again).

I’ve been having a little look and have seen the We Will Rock You show in London is doing a limited run. We live a few hours from London but visit 4/5 times a year for various shows, concerts etc as our station does cheap tickets and it’s only about 2 hours on train. I’ve had a look at reviews and they’re pretty scathing but I’m wondering if that would all go over DS’s head and he’d just love the staging/songs?

Has anyone been to the new run and can advise? I would stay over night but we’d combine the day out with a tour around Buckingham palace and a trip to fortnum and masons ice cream parlour! Thanks

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HereComesYourMam · 01/07/2023 09:46

It's basically like watching a Queen tribute band performing around rather a weak storyline. If the main point of going is to see the songs performed live rather than seeing an amazing theatre show then he'll enjoy it - we did!

Salacia · 01/07/2023 09:52

It’s crap but enjoyable crap. My favourite bit is seeing how they can shoehorn in the next song with a clunky bit of dialogue (‘How are we going to get there? Maybe we should ride our BICYCLE, BICYCLE’). The cast are normally brilliant and I think you’d have fun. Took my Queen obsessed brother at a similar age and he loved it.

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BlueClues · 01/07/2023 18:04

Thank you! The cheap seats are only £25 each so don’t mind paying that. Will get it booked tonight!

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SquashPenguin · 01/07/2023 18:09

Hands down the biggest load of shit I’ve ever seen in my life. Couldn’t pay me to watch that again.

Vintagecreamandcottagepie · 01/07/2023 18:11

We saw it about 10 years ago and it was totally brilliant!!

Has it been changed, or do we just have terrible taste 🤔

PastTheGin · 01/07/2023 18:12

Our kids did the We will rock you musical at primary school and were obsessed with Queen. We went to watch it and it was good fun!

tregunamekoidestrecorumsatisdee · 01/07/2023 18:12

I thought it was absolute crap. I go to about 8 musicals a year and this was one of the worst I've seen.

EddieHowesShithousingMags · 01/07/2023 18:12

It’s great fun and well worth a watch particularly if the music is your primary reason for going.

whatsinanameeh · 01/07/2023 18:13

My ds (11) enjoys Queen and we have booked Queen extravaganza, you should look if it's touring near you if it's really more about the music than seeing a musical iykwim.

Camdenish · 01/07/2023 18:15

I laughed at people who went to see it. Then I had a child. This child is a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I took her to see the show when it was playing at Wimbledon. Rather irritating as it had been at the Dominion, round the corner from us, for years. o hate musicals, I took one for the kid…

…it was bloody brilliant!

thimbbwebelr153 · 01/07/2023 18:22

Best thing to do is enjoy the music and roll your eyes at Ben Elton's agenda lol

Snozzlemaid · 01/07/2023 18:46

Storyline's not great but obviously the songs are good, so it's good fun.
And you get a singalong at the end.

Roselilly36 · 01/07/2023 19:21

We saw it years ago, we enjoyed it, £25 a ticket sounds a bargain. Enjoy

ImperfectAlf · 01/07/2023 19:24

We saw it yesterday. We'd seen the original. It's been updated.

I would have been happy to sit through it again straight after!

I am a massive Queen fan though

Riverlee · 01/07/2023 19:32

Saw it in the West End several years ago and loved it.

The new version has had mixed reviews - some people love it, others prefer the original.

claracluck1978 · 01/07/2023 19:37

A friend of mine worked in the show for 10 years or so. 8 performances a week. Every week. For 10 years. I've heard a lot about that show and not much of it was good!

Anjo2011 · 01/07/2023 19:39

Haven't seen it but love Lee Mead so might be worth it for him. Saying that, it’s a limited run for a reason!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 01/07/2023 19:40

It's Queen songs, of course it's not going to be crap! Karaoke singers doing Queen songs is entertaining because the songs are gold

bruffin · 01/07/2023 19:42

Ive seen the old and new production. We loved it ,its fun.

Maighnuad · 01/07/2023 19:46

I took my son when he was 12 and he loved it. He couldn’t talk during killer queen as he thought the ladies may fall out !!!!😂
we seen it again with a group of us when he was 18 and again had a fab time !

OwlBabiesAreCute · 01/07/2023 19:48

I went with a group from work, they all adored it. I thought it was crap but was definitely outvoted!

Brrrrrrrrrrrr · 01/07/2023 19:52

Queen music deserves better in my opinion. We went just as Covid was kicking off in Feb 2020 and all I recall was thinking I’m going to die because of this crap show 😂 for pretty much all of it because there was so much coughing around us.

Perhaps I should see it again under less paranoid circumstances.

AuntieMarys · 01/07/2023 19:52

It is. Shocking

christmastreefarm · 01/07/2023 19:54

I don't think seen any positive reviews on it (I'm on a theatre fb page)

I have also seen some very very cheap tickets deals which would suggest it isn't selling well.

bruffin · 02/07/2023 11:49

christmastreefarm · 01/07/2023 19:54

I don't think seen any positive reviews on it (I'm on a theatre fb page)

I have also seen some very very cheap tickets deals which would suggest it isn't selling well.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d2334281-Reviews-We_Will_Rock_You-London_England.html trip advisor disagrees with you, and the people in the theatre when i saw it last month. Although dont disagree cheap tickets are available , we only paid £25 i think .
https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/we-will-rock-you-review-its-already-defied-critics-so-does-anything-here-really-matter_1306755/ this review says it all really
"Let’s face it – no one is expecting We Will Rock You to provide a Pulitzer-winning script or genre-defining creative expertise. But if audiences are there for some Queen classics, sung by the cream of the MT crop, that’s exactly what they’re going to be getting."
I go to the theatre a lot ie once a month and it was fun, silly and enjoyable and would happily go again.

We Will Rock You review – it’s already defied critics, so does anything here really matter

We Will Rock You is back in the West End

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/we-will-rock-you-review-its-already-defied-critics-so-does-anything-here-really-matter_1306755

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