We Will Rock You Set To Arrive in SW19


20th anniversary tour of the musical based on Queen's hits at New Wimbledon Theatre


We Will Rock You is based in a dystopian future. Picture: Johann Persson

May 23, 2022

Queen and Ben Elton’s hit musical ‘We Will Rock You’ is coming to Wimbledon in the near future.

The UK 20th anniversary tour which is visiting 27 theatres across the UK arrives in SW19 on 30 May and continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 4 June.

Tickets are available from £21.90 and can be purchased online.

The musical first premiered in London 20 years ago at the Dominion Theatre in May 2002. The original writer of We Will Rock You and godfather of stand-up comedy, Ben Elton is back in the Director’s chair working with the new 2022 cast.

‘We Will Rock You’ is set in a distant, dystopian future where Earth is called Planet Mall and its inhabitants wear the same clothes, think the same thoughts and exist in a brain-dead haze. This system forbids musical instruments and composers, whilst rock music is all but unknown. The musical tells the story of Galileo, Scaramouche, Killer Queen and the other ‘Bohemians’. Join them on their journey to discover the Holy Grail of Rock and restore the free exchange of thought, fashion and most importantly, live music.

The musical tells the story of the battle to restore live music to Planet Mall
Musical tells the story of battle to restore live music to Planet Mall. Picture: Johann Persson

Ben Elton said, “I can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since We Will Rock You premiered in London. Or that much of what we thought was science fiction in the script back then has turned into science fact! I guess Queen were always ahead of the game! I’ve directed this show all over the world and I’m thrilled to bring it home to the UK with a brand new production and a fabulous cast of young Bohemians, most of whom were rocking in their cradles when this adventure first began.”

The musical extravaganza features 24 of Queen’s greatest hits, which has been watched by over 16 million people in 19 countries, started the epic tour in February and will be on the road until September.

The cast will see Ian McIntosh play Galileo, Elena Skye as Scaramouche, Jenny O’Leary as Killer Queen and Adam Strong as Khashoggi. Together with Michael McKell as Cliff, Martina Ciabatti Mennell as Meat, David Michael Johnson as Brit, and an Ensemble including Laura Bird, Kate Leiper, Joanne Harper, Anna Davey, Edward Leigh, Spin, Karen Walker, David Muscat, Damien Walsh, Laura Ava-Scott, Victoria Collins, Joseph Connor, Louis Clarke-Clare and Jacob Fearey.


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