Whilst We Will Rock the musical continues to play at the Dominion theatre in London, the show is about to embark on its first world arena tour.
We at Shows in London wonder how the world arena tour will compare with the show in London? And also how the world arena tour will affect sales of tickets for We Will Rock You in London.
Whilst the arena tour may invoke some memories and comparison with the great stadium gigs that Queen performed the main and obvious difference is that Queen themselves benefitted from the ultimate showman and the perfect front man in Freddie Mercury. His charisma and over-the-top stage persona lifted what was a great rock band in Queen to a whole new different level, as was witnessed by a worldwide audience when Queen performed at The Live Aid concerts at Wembley Stadium in 1985.
We Will Rock You in London
The We Will Rock You musical doesn’t have that same iconic figure that is able to lift an entire stadium. The actors who have played the lead part of Galileo, whilst exceptional, are in the main theatre performers and it is a big ask to expect them to transfer so successfully to an arena. In saying that it remains to be seen whether Australian pop star, MiG Ayesa, has the ability to wow an audience the size of a stadium. The one thing that MiG has in his favour is the wonderful support cast of We Will Rock You.
The show in London benefits from a whole range of singers and different interpretations of the famous Queen hits, from singer-songwriter Oliver Tompsett as Galileo to the powerhouse voice of X-factor contestant, Brenda Edwards as the Killer Queen. Professionally trained singers such as Rachael Rachael star as Scaramouche, and the show benefits from established theatre stars such as Wayne Robinson as Brit and Rachel John as Meat. And We Will Rock You in London benefits from having renowned leading musical theatre actor Alasdair Harvey starring as Khashoggi. His previous leading roles include: Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Lyceum in Edinburgh, Alec D’Urberville in Tess of the D’Urbervilles at the Savoy Theatre in London; Original Beast in the award-winning production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Dominion Theatre London, Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, Grantaire in Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre in London, Cliff in Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre in London and Alex Dillingham in Aspects of Love at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
The atmosphere in the more intimate space of the Dominion theatre will be hard to beat, albeit that the Dominion is the fifth largest theatre in the West End, and with a capacity in excess of 2,000 it is not so small. But with a full auditorium and the Queen anthems blasting out the atmosphere is simply electric.
Shows in London have some fantastic offers for tickets for We Will Rock You, with amazing savings of up to £20 a tickets, it seems crazy not to book your tickets now for We Will Rock You at the Dominion theatre.
