The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth, Globalisation is complete.
Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It’s a safe, happy, Ga Ga world. Unless you’re a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. On the iPlanet all musical instruments are banned. The Company Computers generate tunes and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and Girl Bands. Of Boy and Girl Bands. Of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
But Resistance is growing. Underneath the gleaming cities, down in the lower depths live the Bohemians. Rebels who believe that there was once a Golden Age; when kids formed their own bands and wrote their own songs. They call that time, The Rhapsody.
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.
Legend persists that somewhere on the iPlanet musical instruments still exist. Somewhere, the mighty axe of a great and hairy guitar god lies buried deep in rock. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe and draw it from stone. Is the one who calls himself Galileo that man?
He’s just a poor boy. From a poor family.
But the Ga Ga Cops are also looking for Galileo and if they get him first they will surely drag him before the Killer Queen and consign him to Oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rhye. Who is Galileo? Where is the Hairy One’s lost axe? Where is the place of living rock?
Any way the wind blows
- Pop Kevin Kennedy
-
Kevin trained at Manchester Polytechnic’s School of Theatre. His professional debut was at the Greenwich Theatre in 1982. His theatre work in the West End includes: Idle Hands (Shaw Theatre); Ducking Out (Duke of York’s); and as Amos in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre.
Other theatre works includes: Just Between Ourselves (TheatreRoyalWindsor); Hamlet (Sheffield Crucible); and national tours of No Sex Please We’re British; The Rocky Horror Show and a long stint as the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on tour. Kevin played Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Singapore tour), becoming the first actor to have played both Caractacus Potts and the Child Catcher.
Kevin has enjoyed a successful musical career, starting as the bass player with the now legendary Smiths, later going on to form his own band, Bunch of Thieves. Finally, after being signed by Simon Cowell to BMG Records, he went on to lead a successful tour of New Zealand and the gold-selling album Present Kennedy. Kevin is currently signed to Warner Brothers.
Kevin’s television work includes: The Last Company Car (for Stephen Frears); Keep on Running (BBC). He recently made a guest appearance on Blue Murder with Caroline Quentin, and as Mick Carter in Doctors. Kevin filmed two series of Kevin’s Spanish Capers, which he wrote and presented.
Kevin is probably best-known for his portrayal of ‘sex symbol’ Curly Watts in Coronation Street and has been revisiting the role of Curly for a special 50th anniversary DVD. - Khashoggi Alasdair Harvey
-
Alasdair trained at the Arts Educational Schools, where he was a recipient of the Andrew LloydWebber scholarship.
Alasdair recently appeared in EastEnders as Jane Beale's love interest Martin. Other television and film credits include: Harry Shaw in Taggart, Bruce Malcolm in The Bill, Ewan Patterson in BBC Scotland's River City, Casualty, Bill in the short film A Man and His Shed, Jack in The Confidence Trick, Holby City, Birds of a Feather and ensemble in the Sweeney Todd film, directed by Tim Burton (also soundtrack recording).
Alasdair is one of musical theatre's most accomplished leading men and his leading roles include: Forbidden Broadway (Menier Chocolate Factory); Side by Side by Sondheim (Leicester Square Theatre); Boatman and Dennis in the multi-award-winning production of Sunday in the Park With George (Menier Chocolate Factory andWyndham's Theatre); Putting It Together (Harrogate); Wild Bill Hickok in Calamity Jane (national tour); Bill Cracker in Happy End (Central Station); Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (Edinburgh Lyceum); Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (Bromley Open Air Theatre); Alec D'Urberville in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Savoy Theatre); Original Beast in the award-winning production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre); Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, Raoul in the 10th anniversary performance of The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre); Grantaire and u/s Marius in Les Misérables (Palace Theatre); Choir in Les Misérables 10th anniversary performance (Royal Albert Hall); Cliff in Sunset Boulevard (Adelphi Theatre); u/s Alex Dillingham in Aspects of Love (Prince ofWales Theatre); Avrham in Fiddler on the Roof (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Costermonger and Servant in My Fair Lady (national tour).
Alasdair's directing credits include successful productions of David Hare's The Blue Room, Ladies' Day by AmandaWhittington, Two by Jim Cartwright and Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, all at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre. - Galileo Oliver Tompsett
-
Oliver is delighted to be joining the London cast of We Will Rock You, playing the part of Galileo. The songs of Queen and the voice of Freddie Mercury have played a huge part in inspiring Oliver to follow his dream to be a singer. “To sing the music of Queen to a large crowd really is a dream come true!” Oliver has recently finished playing the role of Drew Boley in the original London cast of Rock of Ages. He is also known for playing the role of Fiyero in Wicked.
Other theatre work includes: the Ghost workshop in the leading role of Sam; The Royal Hunt of the Sun, directed by Trevor Nunn at the Royal National Theatre; Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales Theatre; Our House at the Cambridge Theatre; Caliph in Kismet at the Arcola Theatre; Harry Lytton in Over My Shoulder at the Wyndham’s Theatre and as Tony in West Side Story as part of the Canizaro Park Festival. He has also appeared in numerous concert performances including Christmas in New York and Notes From New York, and, on TV, he has appeared on The Royal Variety Performance twice. Alongside Oliver’s acting career he is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and his debut album, Sentimental Heart, is available on iTunes.
You can follow Oliver on Twitter @Ozziology.
Oliver would like to dedicate his performance to his wife, Michelle. “My incredible wife has to put up with me screaming rock songs around the house and has supported and believed in me every step of the way. I love you. x” - Scaramouche Rachael Wooding
-
Rachael is originally from Harlington, Doncaster and trained at Doreen Bird College Of Performing Arts. She is delighted to be back at We Will Rock You.
Rachael has worked extensively in the theatre, her credits include: Rita Fairclough and Ida Barlow in Street of Dreams (Manchester Evening News Arena); Mary in Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre); Amanda in Bright Lights, Big City (Hoxton Hall); the title role in Evita (No 1 UK tour); Cyndi in Grimm – Hard Core Fairytales (Mammoth Music Workshop); Amber in Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre); Meatloaf in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Annette in Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Theatre); AJ in Loveshack (UK No.1 tour); Miranda in Return to the Forbidden Theatre (Lincoln Theatre Royal); Ariel in Footloose (UK No 1 tour); Kristine in A Chorus Line (Crucible, Sheffield); Serena in Fame (Aldwych Theatre); Pearl in Starlight Express (Germany); Demeter/Bombalurina/Rumpleteaser in Cats (Hamburg); Spirit of the Dance (USA tour); My Father’s Son (Crucible, Sheffield).
Other credits include: Mandy in ITV’s Coronation Street, Al Murray’s Happy Hour, The Royal Variety Performance, BBC Radio 2 - Friday Night is Music Night, Christmas In New York, Momentous Musicals, The Music Of Queen - A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular - USA.
Recording credits include: Coronation Street - The Musical, All Around The World (Kingsize Records/BMG), It’s Real (Dance street/ZYX Music), Richard Beadle - Debut Album. - Killer Queen Brenda Edwards
-
Brenda has had a phenomenal time since being catapulted into public profile as a result of being the final woman in the X Factor 2005. Her journey on the show was unlike any other. She wowed the judges, crowd and audience at home week after week with her big voice. The ultimate acceptance by the public came when Brenda was presented with the Screen Nation Award in 2007 for Favourite Reality TV Star, which was a people’s choice award.
Brenda was snapped up to play the role of Mama Morton in Chicago the Musical, with the prestigious position of closing the show at the Adelphi Theatre and reopening it at the Cambridge Theatre. She received great acclaim for her portrayal of the Prison Warden and played the role for a year. She has returned to play the role since and was invited to be part of the 10th anniversary gala.
In 2007, Brenda created the role of Pearl Pastor in Carmen Jones at the newly renovated Royal Festival Hall, playing with both the London and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, for which she received amazing reviews. Following this season, Brenda was asked to headline a season of intimate concerts in the Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom.
Brenda appeared as part of In Celebration of My Sisters at the Brixton Academy and as a special guest at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium in front of 40,000 people. She performed a sold-out concert, Brenda Edwards One Night Only, at the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s and three shows at London’s Pigalle Club. She supported Smokey Robinson in concert and performed as guest vocalist with The Motown Show, which toured throughout the UK. Brenda also made numerous performances in New York and on one occasion with the soul legends Ashford and Simpson.
Other highlights include recording a concert as special guest vocalist for BBC Radio 2 with the BBC Concert Orchestra. She has performed for three consecutive years at Rochester Castle and also for the past three years at the Barbican with Brenda’s Gospel Christmas for Raymond Gubbay.
Brenda has appeared on several television shows including: Loose Women, The Weakest Link, The Wright Stuff and on GMTV as a regular correspondent.
Last year, Brenda received great critical praise for her performance as Killer Queen in the first UK tour of We Will Rock You, which finished in Dublin in February of this year. She is delighted to have been given the chance to reprise the role in theWest End this summer.
This year will also see Brenda take a leading role in Galt MacDermot’s Human Comedy for the Young Vic and the release of Brenda’s long-awaited debut single ‘You Know How to Love Me’ in the Autumn.
Brenda also continues to undertake many corporate and private performances as a solo performer and with her band.
For further information, visit www.brendamusic.org. - Brit Wayne Robinson
-
Theatre includes: Seaweed in Hairspray (national tour); Britney in We Will Rock You (national tour); Simba in The Lion King (Paris); lead vocalist for The Magic of Motown (national tour).
Wayne was signed as a solo recording artist and has written and performed alongside artists such as Lulu and Lionel Richie. He also sang in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul, has toured extensively through Europe and made numerous television appearances.
Most recently: Scarecrow in The Wiz (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse). - Meat Rachel John
-
Rachel was born in London and trained at Roehampton University.
Theatre credit includes: ensemble/cover Deloris in Sister Act at the London Palladium; Teacher/Charlotte Church in the UK tour of We Will Rock You; Rachel also understudied the role of Meat which she played at over 65 performances; Shenzi in the Asian tour of The Lion King; ensemble and understudy for Shenzi and Rafiki at the Lyceum Theatre London, which marked her West End debut. Previous to this; she appeared in the stage show The Legend of the Lion King at the Disneyland Resort, Paris. Rachel also performed in Running Scared/DV8 at the Millennium Dome and Godspell at Sir George Monoux College.
- Amanda Ainsley
-
Born in the north-east, Amanda began her professional training at the Newcastle Performance Academy. Having moved south she continued to train at Bird College, graduating with a BA (hons) in Dance and Theatre Performance.
Theatre credits include: dance captain/understudy Fairy/ensemble in Jack and the Beanstalk (Derngate Theatre, Northampton); understudy Princess/ ensemble in Aladdin (Grand Opera House, Belfast), both with Qdos Entertainment; Nikki in Sweet Charity (Studio Theatre, Sidcup); Noitamina (Orchard Theatre, Dartford); and Legends, Icons and Idols (Orchard Theatre, Dartford).
Other credits include: Big Brother 2011 commercial (Channel 5); ‘Love Thing’ music video; and Five Star notebook commercial (US).
Amanda is absolutely thrilled to be making her West End debut in We Will Rock You, and would like to thank her devoted family, fiance and friends for their constant love, unswerving support and understanding. - Charlotte Bull
-
Training: Arts Educational and Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Return to Grace (Niagara Falls Casino): dancer; Aladdin (Qdos, Northampton Derngate): Scheherazade; Grease (Piccadilly Theatre): dance captain, understudy and played Sandy, Jan, Frenchy, Patty and Miss Lynch; Grease (Cape Town): assistant choreographer; Fame (UK tour): understudy and played Carmen and Lambchops; Grease (UK/European tour): swing, understudy and played Sandy, Jan and Patty; Cinderella (Qdos, Regent Theatre): role of Cinderella; Aladdin (Qdos, Milton Keynes): ensemble/So-Shy; Hey, Mr Producer! (Lyceum Theatre): ensemble; Oliver! (London Palladium): role of Bet.
Television credits include: Great Universal commercial (Granada Television); Sky commercial; Greasemania; restaged choreography for features on GMTV, This Morning, Children in Need, Tonight’s the Night and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. - Matthew Boulton
-
Matthew came to the entertainment industry as a result of the teaching course at the Northern Ballet School, graduating with four teaching certificates with the ISTD and the Royal Academy of Dance; he has recently gained his teaching certificate with the BBO.
Theatre: Chistery in Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Desperately Seeking Susan, understudying Jay and Alex (Novello Theatre); Footloose, as alternate Ren McCormack (UK tour and Playhouse); Mary Poppins (Prince Edward); Starlight Express, playing Purse and understudying Caboose (original cast, UK tour); Tonight’s the Night understudying Bonehead and Travolta (original cast, Victoria Palace); Fame understudying Nick Piazza and Goody (Aldwych) and The Magic of the Musicals (UK tour).
Recordings: Tonight’s the Night (original cast recording).
Television: BBC’s Party in the Palace (dir by Sir Trevor Nunn); Blue Peter; Disney Club; Nickelodeon and Children in Need. - Philip Comley
-
(Swing & Dance Captain)
Philip trained at Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey, having begun dancing at the Doreen Bailey School of Dance in his hometown of Oxford.
Upon graduating Philip appeared in Ready Steady Dance with Wayne Sleep and also Swing from the Heart at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
In 2002 Philip made his West End debut in the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium. He can also be heard on the original cast recording and seen on the 'making of' video/DVD.
Television appearances include: Blue Peter, Children in Need 2002 and ITV's Christmas Show.
Most recently, Philip would have been seen in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre, London where he understudied the roles of Eugene and Sonny, and performed the role of Eugene on numerous occasions. Philip played the Cheese Grater in the UK tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and played Carbucketty and Coricapat on the tour of Cats where he also performed the role of Mr Mistoffelees on many occasions. - Gemma Marie
-
Gemma discovered her passion for the arts at the age of 13 when she joined Brightsparks Theatre School in south London. She began her formal dance training at the age of 16 at Lewisham College, moving onto London Studio Centre where she was awarded a full scholarship. She graduated with a BA (hons) degree in Theatre Dance. Since graduating, Gemma has enjoyed travelling and dancing across the world with Celebrity Cruises, followed by Spirit of the Dance (UK tour); then Spirit of Christmas (Germany). In between contracts, she appeared in various music videos, events and performance projects as well as teaching cheerleading, street dance and musical theatre in various schools across London. Gemma also works closely alongside artistic director Kate Lauridsen (Dancers for Events) as assistant choreographer for various events and performances in the UK. We Will Rock You marks Gemma's West End debut and she is very excited!
All the hard work and determination has paid off and she would like to thank her wonderful family and friends for supporting her all the way.
For further information on Gemma Marie please go to www.formulaliveproductions.com - Philip Ovel
-
Philip trained in dance and musical theatre at Performers College, Essex, graduating in 2010.
He was lucky enough to work professionally in several jobs whilst in training, in television for the BBC, pantomimes and corporate events across the UK and overseas.
Upon graduating, Philip went straight into We Will Rock You on UK tour (swing). Other theatre credits include: Bohemian Rhapsody on UK and European tour.
Philip is thrilled to be making his West End debut and to be joining the London cast of We Will Rock You.
He would like to dedicate his performances to his loving, supportive family and friends. - Matt Thorpe
-
Matt was born in Sheffield and went on to train professionally at Phil Winston’s Theatreworks.
Theatre credits include: Ensemble and understudied the role of Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Prince Of Wales theatre); Swing and understudied the roles of Corny Collins and Male authority figure in Hairspray (UK tour); Swing in High School Musical 2 (UK tour); singer/dancer for P&O Cruises (Headlines Theatre Company).
Television credits include: An ident for BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and was a dancer for ITV’s Brittania High (ITV).
Matt is excited to be appearing in We Will Rock You and wants to thank his friends and family for their continued love and support.
- Book & Direction Ben Elton
-
Ben Elton has without doubt established himself as the leading figure in the generation of British comedy stars which emerged in the 1980s. At the age of 23 he co-wrote the groundbreaking smash hit BBC situation comedy The Young Ones. This multi-award-winning show became a worldwide cult. Ben went on to write for all the principal comedians of his generation with hit series such as Happy Families, Filthy Rich and Catflap and The Thin Blue Line which won the 1995 British Comedy Award and both the public and professional Jury Awards at Reims.
Ben is also a hugely successful and influential stand-up comedian. He is one of Britain's biggest-selling live acts and his television shows Saturday Live, The Man From Auntie and The Ben Elton Show have provided huge ratings hits for Channel Four and the BBC. In 1991 Ben won the Royal Television Society Writers' Award.
In 1985 Ben began his phenomenally successful writing partnership with Richard Curtis. Together they wrote Blackadder 2, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth. Blackadder was a worldwide hit, winning four BAFTAs and an EMMY. Ben and Richard also wrote Rowan's 1986 hit stage show The New Revue and Mr Bean's famous exam episode.
Ben published his first novel, Stark in 1988. Set in Australia, Stark became an instant number one best-seller and has gone on to sell well over a million copies. He has written seven novels since then: Gridlock (1991) UK No 1; This Other Eden (1993) UK No 1; Popcorn (1996) UK No 1 and Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain Gold Dagger Award for Fiction; Blast From the Past (1998) UK top 5; Inconceivable (1999) UK top 5; Dead Famous (2001) UK No 1; and High Society (2002) UK No 1 and WH Smiths People's Choice Fiction Award. Ben's novels have all been hugely successful in Australia and around the world.
Ben's ambitions were originally theatrical and he studied drama at Manchester University. He has written three hit West End plays: Gasping (1990), Silly Cow (1991) and Popcorn (1996). Popcorn won the TMA Barclays Theatre Award for Best New Play and the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. The Paris production of Popcorn ran for a year and was nominated for seven Moliere Awards. In 1998 Ben's play Blast From the Past was presented for a record-breaking extended season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. All Ben's plays are performed regularly around the world.
In 1992 Ben began his acting career, starring in his own adaptation of his novel, Stark. This ABC co-production was directed by Nadia Tass and filmed entirely in Australia. That year Ben also appeared alongside Michael Keaton as Verges in Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed feature film Much Ado About Nothing.
In 2000 Ben wrote and directed his first movie, the romantic comedy Maybe Baby, a UK hit which went on to receive worldwide distribution.
In 2000 Ben collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, writing the book and lyrics for The Beautiful Game which won the London Critics' Circle Award for Best New Musical. His second musical is We Will Rock You which has proved a colossal hit in London and won the 2003 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best New Musical. It has also since opened in Madrid, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Las Vegas, Sydney and Moscow. Ben's latest musical Tonight's the Night, featuring the songs of Rod Stewart, opened in London in November 2003. - Music Supervisor Brian May
-
With a musical career spanning four decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist and songwriter, with production and performance credits on recordings which have sold in excess of 100 million copies worldwide.
Brian has penned 22 worldwide hits for Queen, among them the anthems 'We Will Rock You', 'The Show Must Go On' and 'I Want It All', and powerful ballads including 'Who Wants To Live Forever', 'No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)' and 'Save Me'. As a successful and respected solo artist, Brian's recordings include albums Back to the Light (1992), featuring 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' and 'Driven By You', both Ivor Novello Award winners, and 1998's Another World.
His songs continue to influence new generations of performers and have inspired recordings by artists as diverse as Elton John, Def Leppard, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shirley Bassey, and Eminem. Brian has enjoyed collaborations with numerous artists including Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, Cliff Richard, Guns 'n' Roses, Diana Ross, and Luciano Pavarotti. He was also proud to play feature guitar on the Winter Olympics 2002 opening music, 'The Fire Within' for his friend and composer, the late Michael Kamen.
Perhaps the most memorable display of Brian's unique style and musicianship was his performance of his own arrangement of 'God Save the Queen', live from the roof of Buckingham Palace, to open HM The Queen's 2002 Golden Jubilee celebrations in front of an audience of more than 200 million people around the world.
An interest in film scoring developed when Queen became the first rock group to score a major film, Flash Gordon, featuring the hit 'Flash!' penned by Brian, followed by definitive music for Highlander. Brian later contributed a mini-opera for Steve Baron's 1996 Pinocchio, and composed a complete film soundtrack for the 1999 French art film Furia.
May is, of course, no stranger to the theatrical world, frequently contributing to the live performance work of his wife Anita Dobson, but in 1987, entering this world in his own right, he wrote and performed the music for the London Riverside Studios production of Macbeth. He returned at full strength to the theatre in 2002, as one of the principal creative forces behind the groundbreaking 'Rock Theatrical', We Will Rock You, which became phenomenally successful, still one of London's top-selling shows after six years of nightly standing ovations at the Dominion Theatre, London, and the longest running show ever to play at the theatre. Although We Will Rock You is now a global enterprise, Brian remains personally involved in developing new productions and updating those currently playing.
On Freddie's death, the surviving members of Queen set up a charity to support AIDS relief, the Mercury Phoenix Trust. The MPT has to date channelled more than eight million pounds to over 1,000 AIDS projects around the world. An ongoing commitment to AIDS awareness led Queen to become a driving force in the 46664 campaign for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The first of a series of 46664 concerts, held in Cape Town in November 2003, was broadcast worldwide via TV, Internet and radio, becoming the most widely distributed media event in history, with an audience of over 2 billion in 166 countries. Brian continues in his role as an ambassador and participant in the 46664 international concert series aimed at promoting AIDS awareness worldwide.
Queen's musical catalogue consistently tops popularity polls, and their achievements have been recognised with numerous prestigious awards, including being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October 2002), being inducted into both the USA Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (March 2001) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2003), and being among the first inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame (November 2004), which was an event that was to change the course of Queen - being the first event at which Paul Rodgers joined Brian and Roger as vocalist. Following a successful world tour in 2005/06, Paul, Brian and Roger (Taylor) have recently returned to the studio to create new material for an eagerly anticipated debut Queen/Paul Rodgers studio album.
In July 2005, Guinness World Records announced that Queen had overtaken the Beatles to become the most successful albums act in UK chart history.
Brian's further credits are too numerous to list, but they include designing a Planetarium show currently showing in Germany and Belgium; appearing in and recording a track for an epic 2003 Pepsi TV advertisement with Brian producing vocal performances from Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Pink; re-mixing classic Queen recordings in 5.1 Surround Sound; writing themes for several TV shows; producing a number 1 hit, 'The Stonk', for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day; as well as lending his inspirational skills to the three top-selling volumes of The Best Air Guitar Album in the World... Ever! Retaining his keen interest in astronomy, Brian is a regular contributor to The Sky at Night for his long-time friend, Sir Patrick Moore, with whom he co-authored, along with Dr Chris Lintott, an illustrated astrophysics book entitled BANG! The Complete History of the Universe. First published in 2006, it has since been published in 20 languages, and gone to a second updated edition. Brian is currently working on a book on T.R. Williams, seminal stereo photographer of the 1850's, whose work Brian has been researching for 25 years.
In December 2005, Brian was honoured with a CBE, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, by HM The Queen, in recognition of his services to music.
In 2007, after a 30-year break pursuing his musical career, Brian returned to Imperial College, London, to sign up to complete his Doctoral Thesis in Astrophysics, and after one year, successfully submitted the new version of his thesis on Interplanetary Dust. Although already the proud holder of honorary degrees from the Universities of Hertfordshire, Exeter and John Moore's, Liverpool, Brian in 2007 finally achieved the award of a full PhD degree and DIC - Diploma of Imperial College. Brian subsequently accepted a post of Visiting Researcher at Imperial College and will be continuing his work in astronomy.
Brian enjoys interacting with his friends and fans, who can contact him and enjoy updates on his work and thoughts via his own channel, Brian's Soapbox, on his website at www.brianmay.com - Music Supervisor Roger Taylor
-
Although best known for his powerhouse role in Queen, Roger Taylor is anything but a drummer confined to his kit. With rock 'n' roll in his veins all through his schooldays, he has always been a highly active, vocal member of Queen. He famously wrote Queen's landmark hits 'Radio Ga Ga' and 'A Kind of Magic', amongst others, and was also the first to make a solo album, 1981's Fun in Space. To date he has released four solo albums, which, aside from his work with Queen, further highlighted Taylor as an musician and writer with a strong sense of identity, a wide musical perspective, and – not least of all – a man not without a sense of irony.
Taylor's active approach has not been confined to his music: when media mogul Rupert Murdoch made attempts to buy Manchester United football club, Taylor funded the club supporters in their attempts to block the sale, and historically helped them succeed.
Roger Taylor was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on July 26th 1949. Roger became fascinated with music in the 50s, when his family moved to Cornwall. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things to come in a pre-teen skiffle band whose collective talent survived just two public performances, both apparently excruciating! So ended 'the Bubbling Over Boys'! His music took on a different direction in 1960, when he became a rather reluctant member of the Truro Cathedral Choir — a prerequisite of his scholarship. He taught himself the guitar around this time, but by the following year had moved over to drums.
By 1966 Roger had not only progressed to drumming in Cornwall's most popular band, the Reaction, but had also become their lead singer, with his drumkit placed — where else? — in the principal position, at the front of the stage.
In 1968 Roger formed another group, Smile, with Middlesex guitar ace Brian May and Tim Staffell. Smile played sporadically over the next few years and even issued a single in the United States. When Smile ended, Roger, with Brian May and Freddie Mercury formed Queen.
Roger began writing songs for Queen from day one, and each of the band's 15 studio albums included compositions by him. History notes that all four members of Queen wrote No 1 singles: Taylor dutifully provided his with 'Radio Ga Ga', 'A Kind of Magic', 'Days of Our Lives' amongst the biggest.
1977 was the landmark year in which Queen released 'We Are the Champions' and 'We Will Rock You'. Roger became the first member of Queen to launch a solo career with the release of the single 'I Wanna Testify'. His solo album Fun in Space followed in 1981, and was succeeded by 1984's rock-based Strange Frontier. Both LPs reached the Top 30. In 1987 Roger formed his own band the Cross. After the tragic death of Freddie Mercury, Roger returned to his solo career with 1994's Happiness?, an album on which he explored the theme of "dealing with life and looking for happiness". The success of the album prompted further tours of the UK and Italy. Then came perhaps his most potent album, Electric Fire, which clearly showed Taylor as an acute observational songwriter.
That the Queen musical We Will Rock You came into being could be seen as something of a surprise taking into account Roger's openly expressed view that "musicals are completely foreign to me. It's a genre I don't particularly like." But after working closely with Brian and writer Ben Elton on shaping the musical, Taylor found himself deeply entrenched in developing the show, breaking the rules of musical theatre and taking on the role — along with Brian — as musical supervisor, not only for the first production in London, but for each of the subsequent productions throughout the world.
At the same time as setting up We Will Rock You, Roger and Brian played a central part in the formation of the Nelson Mandela 46664 charity, performing at the first two South Africa concerts, and providing several new songs to the 46664 album which saw them collaborate with many other international artistes.
Roger penned two new songs for the project, 'Say It's Not True' and 'Invincible Hope'.
In 2005, after an accidental encounter with former Free singer Paul Rodgers, Roger and Brian felt the time was right to put Queen back on the road. Billed as Queen + Paul Rodgers, Roger and Brian tested the water with a handpicked set of European dates. Such was the momentum built up over the six week European tour, a Japan and US tour was booked to follow, which saw Roger and Brian return to the USA to play for the first time in more than 20 years. The impact of the return to the road was summed up in a review of is closing night in Vancouver: "the night that arena rock officially made its comeback".
Of being back at the kit — although the new live set sees him on vocals for a fair part of their set — Roger comments: "it's given us a sense of rejuvenation. I'm even growing my hair long again. But I do have to remind myself of my age — and I think 'Oh come on, behave yourself!'"
Given past evidence, did someone say, 'unlikely'? PS: Hair now short! — bad decision! - Queen Management Jim Beach
-
- Director Arlene Phillips
-
Arlene Phillips first came to the attention of the British public when she created the dance group Hot Gossip. Since then her choreography has been seen in theatre, feature films, concert arenas, television, music videos and commercials.
Theatre choreography credits include: Grease, The Sound of Music, We Will Rock You (music by Queen), Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, and the US touring productions of Joseph and Jesus Christ Superstar. She also choreographed Matador, Time (starring Cliff Richard) and the RSC production of A Clockwork Orange (music by U2).
As a director and choreographer productions include: Saturday Night Fever, the concert tour of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with stars Michael Ball, Michael Bolton, Sarah Brightman, Petula Clark, Michael Crawford and Elaine Paige, Black Goes With Everything (the songs of Don Black) and EFX at the MGM Grand (starring David Cassidy). She directed Michael Flatley's acclaimed arena production Lord of the Dance and Donna Summer in Concert at the Universal Amphitheatre. Arlene was invited to be the Director of Choreography for the Manchester XVII Commonwealth Games ceremonies and to stage Sarah Brightman and Jose Carreras in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, on the official theme, 'Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)'.
In film choreography she has worked with many notable directors such as John Huston (Annie), Ridley Scott (Legend) starring Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood (White Hunter, Black Heart), Ken Russell (Salome's Last Dance) and Terry Jones (Monty Python's The Meaning of Life). On other films she has worked with the Village People (Can't Stop the Music) and the Pet Shop Boys (It Couldn't Happen Here).
Television credits include: Ken Russell's The ABC of Music, The Benny Hill Show, the US syndicated Dancin' to the Hits, The Kenny Everett Video Show featuring dance group Hot Gossip with Sarah Brightman and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Friends. Her work has also been seen on The Brit Awards, The Royal Variety Show, The Prince's Trust, Children in Need, Party in the Park and the legendary Party at the Palace. In 2006 Arlene was commissioned by Mattel to create a dance DVD for children.
In music videos she has worked with Duran Duran, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Queen, Cliff Richard, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and Robbie Williams to name but a few. Arlene has choreographed over 100 TV commercials in England and America.
Arlene has worked with numerous stars and has received theatre award nominations including a Tony, two Oliviers, a National Broadway and a Fany. Awards include an MTV, a Drama Desk, a Bafta, and an Emmy for Best Choreography. In the 2002 New Years Honours List Arlene was awarded an OBE for services to dance and in 2004 a Companionship Award from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, for her contribution to dance, presented by Sir Paul McCartney. Arlene appears as a judge on BBC1's hugely popular Strictly Come Dancing and she judged the follow-up series Strictly Dance Fever. In 2007, together with Bruno Tonioli from Strictly Come Dancing, they created a new BBC1 show DanceX.
2008 is a busy year. Arlene has created a new musical drama for ITV, called Britannia High. She is the Director of the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour, and Choreographer for brand new musical Flashdance. - Production Designer Mark Fisher
-
Mark has designed some of the most memorable rock concerts ever staged, including The Wall for Pink Floyd, every Rolling Stones show since 1989, and - working with Willie Williams - every U2 concert since 1992.
He designed the theatre, scenery and acrobatic effects for KA, the permanent show by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and he was chief designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - Lighting Designer Willie Williams
-
Willie Williams works with light and visual media to create performance environments and installations. He is best known for his 25 year working relationship with rock group U2, where his combination of hi-tech media and lo-tech eccentricity has received much acclaim, particularly their Zoo TV and PopMart tours. Williams' work with George Michael, REM and David Bowie has also been highly regarded as being both conceptually and technologically groundbreaking.
Performing arts projects have included: collaborating with Laurie Anderson on her Homeland show. He has an ongoing relationship with Kronos Quartet that includes the design of their epic Sun Rings project, commissioned by NASA. Other work in this field includes designing for the Montréal dance company La La La Human Steps and for Marianne Faithfull.
Theatre credits for lighting and projection design include: French and Saunders 'Still Alive' (2008), Little Britain Live (2005–07), Barbarella (2003-04), Pam Ann (2006-06 and 2008) and The Fast Show (2008).
Williams' gallery installation of kinetic light sculptures, Lumia Domestica, has shown at galleries in Manchester, Dublin and London. His larger scale public works have been installed at London's Southbank Centre, within Canterbury Cathedral and at Seattle, Cleveland and Atlanta in the USA.
He has been honoured by his peers via numerous industry awards and his work has been profiled in Time magazine, Creative Review and Wired. - Custume Designer Tim Goodchild
-
Tim Goodchild, three times Olivier Award-winner, has designed for stage, television and film. He has designed over 60 productions for West End theatre, 20 of which are musicals. He has also designed 20 productions for the New Shakespeare Company. In 1988 he made history when he designed the first Anglo-Soviet production of Swan Lake for the Moscow Classical Ballet, seen in London, the USA, Japan and Moscow. He also designed the ballet A Simple Man for BBC 2, which was the winner of the 1987 BAFTA Award. Tim also designed The Look of Love for BBC 2, directed by Gillian Lynne, and Don Quixote for the Northern Ballet Theatre.
West End work includes: Henry IV starring Richard Harris (Wyndham's); Bus Stop starring Jerry Hall and Shaun Cassidy (Lyric); Chapter Two starring Tom Conti and Sharon Gless (Gielgud); Someone Like You, Brief Lives, Killing Jessica, Richard II, Hadrian VII and Our Song starring Peter O'Toole. For Cameron Mackintosh, revivals of Oklahoma! — also in Australia, My Fair Lady, The Card, Little Shop of Horrors, Blondel, Café Puccini and Five Guys Named Moe — also on Broadway and Australia.
Other musicals include: Wonderful Town, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Hello Dolly!, The Two Ronnies, Hans Andersen, Gone With the Wind, Phil the Fluter, Salad Days, Thomas and the King, Troubadour, Sing a Rude Song, Colette and Cowardy Custard.
Designs for Chichester Festival Theatre include: Robert and Elizabeth, R Loves J, The School for Scandal, Love for Love and Blithe Spirit.
For the Royal Shakespeare Company his designs include: The Taming of the Shrew, The Relapse, Xenobia, Three Hours After Marriage and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Internationally he has designed: The Bacchae (Holland); My Fair Lady, Tomfoolery (Norway); Antony and Cleopatra (Eygptian National Theatre, Cairo); Peter Pan (McNab Theatre, Canada); Cyrano de Bergerac (Stratford Ontario Festival Theatre, Canada); and Gigi (Volksoper, Vienna).
Opera design credits include: La traviata (Royal Danish Opera and WNO); Die Fledermaus, La Vie Parisienne (ENO); The Mikado (Sydney Opera House); HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, The Mikado (Sadler's Wells); The Tales of Hoffman (Victoria State Opera/Houston Grand Opera); Così fan tutte (Garsington Opera); and Mephistopheles (ENO, London Coliseum).
He was awarded an Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the RSC production of The Relapse and in 1998 another two Olivier awards for Best Set for the RSC production of Three Hours After Marriage and also for costumes. He has also received the Green Room Award for Best Opera Design for The Tales of Hoffman in Australia and has been nominated for the Theatre LA Ovations Award for Best Set (Five Guys Named Moe) and the Sammy Award for Best TV Film Design (Fool on the Hill).
Recent projects include: La Bohème (Marinsky Theatre, St Petersburg) for the Kirov Opera; Falstaff (Châtelet Theatre, Paris); The Tales of Hoffman (Sydney Opera House); Boy George's musical Taboo (the Venue, London); Five Guys Named Moe (UK tour); the opera Salome for New York City Opera; Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; and costume design for the 2002 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. - Sound Designer Bobby Aitken
-
Bobby has been involved with theatre sound for over 20 years, designing sound for productions in the UK and around the world.
Recent London work includes: Dirty Dancing, Grease, Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You, Blast!, Desperately Seeking Susan and Show Boat.
UK regional work includes: productions at Coventry Belgrade, Derby Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Manchester Royal Exchange, Watford Palace and Leicester Haymarket.
RSC: The Beggar's Opera and Bartholomew Fair.
Opera: For the past few years Bobby has been working to create techniques to deliver credible sound reinforcement for large scale, in-the-round opera production. Work has included Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida and La Bohème. - Musical Supervisor Mike Dixon
-
Mike Dixon graduated from Trinity College of Music in 1979 and since then has become one of the most experienced and respected musical forces in London's West End and on British television. His work spans all genres of music as Musical Supervisor, Musical Director, Arranger and Composer.
Theatre: Zorro, Never Forget, We Will Rock You, Daddy Cool, Footloose, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aspects Of Love, Doctor Dolittle, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, La Cage Aux Folles, Bernstein's Peter Pan, Bless The Bride, Mr Cinders, Andy Capp, Hair, Godspell, Look To The Rainbow, Dame Shirley Bassey - The Dame is Back! (Arena Tour)
Television: Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, We Are Most Amused, For One Night Only, Concert for Diana, Glastonbury 2007, MusiCool, Pop Idol, The Royal Variety Show, Miss World, The British Comedy Awards, Star For a Night, Call Up The Stars, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Brian Conley Show, The Shane Ritchie Experience, Whatever You Want, Late Night with Jerry Springer, We Are The Champions; A Nation Celebrates, The Queen's Jubilee Rock Concert, The Prince's Trust 30th Anniversary Concert at the Tower of London, BBC Proms in the Park, Saturday Night Divas, Guilty Pleasures, An Audience with... Jimmy Tarbuck, Joan Rivers, Another Audience With... Shirley Bassey and An Audience with Lionel Richie...Live!
Radio: Elbow at Abbey Road, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park, Friday Night Is BOND Night, Cheltenham Jazz Festival - The Billie Holiday Story, Friday Night Is Music Night, BBC Radio 2 Voice of Musical Theatre Competition.
Recordings: Zorro, Seven by Tony Banks with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, We Will Rock You, Grease, Doctor Dolittle, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love, Evita (The Movie).
Special Events: Welcoming The World (Project for London 2012), St Pancras International Royal Opening, Launch of Ventura, Launch of Arcadia.
Awards: Australian Entertainment Industry Helpmann Award 2004 for Best Musical Direction. - Orchestrator Steve Sidwell
-
Steve studied trumpet, piano, composition and orchestration at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Steve's orchestrations and compositions feature on numerous albums, television shows, advertising campaigns and films.
Album credits include: orchestrating and conducting Robbie Williams' best selling album Swing When You're Winning, the acclaimed live television recording Robbie Williams Live at the Albert and The Robbie Williams TV Special.
Recent album projects include: Sarah Brightman with the LSO, Rock Swings for Paul Young, the Pet Shop Boys, Seal, Amaral, Tony Christie, Shirley Bassey, Kerry Ellis and Paul Carrack.
Television credits include: performing his specially commissioned piece 'Elements and Motion' at the 2007 Academy Awards with the Hollywood Chorale, The BBC Olympic Handover Concert, composing the score for the recent series Victoria's Empire, MD and arranger for Children in Need, The BBC Teaching Awards, The VE Day Concert 2005, The Olympic Torch Concert, The Children's Party at the Palace, ITV's 50 Years of Television and Ant and Dec's Christmas Takeaway. He has also contributed arrangements to The Royal Variety Performance, Live 8, Stars in Their Eyes, X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Soapstar Superstar, Star for a Night, Reborn in the USA and Tina Turner's 60th Birthday and was music supervisor for UK Music Hall of Fame 2006.
Steve's theatrical credits include: orchestrating the Madness musical Our House, the Boney M musical Daddy Cool and re-orchestrating Hairspray for the current European tour. He orchestrated and conducted the 2007 Disneyland Paris parade sequence with the RPO, which is also available on CD and has contributed arrangements for the last three Holiday on Ice tours. He was recently commissioned to write a choir piece for the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5. He performed 'Heathrow Overture' with his choir live at the opening ceremony in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
Other recent live events include: the hugely successful Viva La Diva tours featuring Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell for which Steve was supervisor, arranger and MD.
Recent advertising campaigns include: the award-winning Honda Choir (in which he is also the featured conductor), M&S Christmas, Virgin Holidays featuring Charlotte Church, Nokia Navigator, Heineken, Orange, Bounty, Boots Summer, Dulux, Lotto, Walkers, Morrisons, McDonalds, Supernoodles, Coca Cola, Capital Radio and Guinness.
He has contributed arrangements to films including Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, Bridget Jones' Diary, Teacher's Pet, Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Nemo, Mona Lisa Smiles and 101 Dalmatians 2.
Steve has performed with many artists including: George Michael, Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse, Tom Jones, Sting, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Mark Knopfler, The Feeling, McFly, Will Young, Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, The Who, Ian Dury, Wet Wet Wet, Charlie Watts, Henry Mancini and Michael Nyman. - Associate Director Tony Edge
-
Tony trained at the Royal Ballet School and performed with the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. He has danced principal roles with ballet companies in England and Europe, was a member of the original cast of Evita at the Prince Edward Theatre, Marilyn at the Adelphi Theatre and has worked extensively in concert, television and film. Tony has been Resident Director on We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre since its opening in May 2002 and Associate Director to Ben Elton mounting productions in Australia, Germany and Las Vegas. He has also worked as Associate Director to Arlene Phillips on productions of Saturday Night Fever in the West End, Broadway, Argentina, and the first national tours in the UK and USA.
As assistant director, he has worked with Broadway director/choreographer Larry Fuller on Hal Prince's production of Sweeney Todd at Drury Lane and Time at the Dominion Theatre; with Jonathan Lynn on Budgie at the Cambridge Theatre; with Piers Haggard on Which Witch at the Piccadilly Theatre; and with David Gilmore and Arlene Phillips on the much acclaimed production of Grease in the West End and the first national tour. He has worked as assistant choreographer and ballet master to Anthony Van Laast on the Cambridge Theatre's production of Lost Empires, Wayne Sleep's Hot Shoe Show, Song and Dance at the Palace Theatre and two Royal Variety Performances for the BBC; to choreographer Quinny Sacks on Simon Callow's production of My Fair Lady, Simon Gray's Two Lumps of Ice for BBC TV and the Dennis Potter series Lipstick on Your Collar; to Arlene Phillips on A Handful of Keys at the Prince Edward Theatre and to both Arlene and Rafael Aguilar on Matador at the Queen's Theatre which won the 1992 Olivier Award for Best Choreography. - General Manager Peter Gibbon/Hansen
-
Peter trained in technical theatre stage management and design at Mountview Theatre School in the late 80s. This had followed 12 years of semi-professional work in and around Middlesbrough, his hometown. During those 12 years he stage-managed, designed sets, lighting and sound but only once ventured on stage (never again). He did numerous technical roles at his local receiving venue working with such diverse performers from Oscar Peterson to Cannon and Ball and AC/DC to Lenny Henry. Years of retail management held him in good stead and very soon after leaving Mountview he was in the role of company manager. Years of touring and four seasons at Regent's Park helped to give a fuller understanding of the theatre industry.
In the mid 90s he came into the West End as company manager, mainly doing straight plays but eventually entered into musical theatre on the musical Rent (Shaftesbury). Several musicals followed: Napoleon (Shaftesbury); All You Need is Love (Queen's); Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales); We Will Rock You (Dominion). Taking a short break from Rock You Peter company managed Acorn Antiques (Theatre Royal Haymarket) for Phil McIntyre Entertainment then returned to the show.
Earlier this year (2007) the producers of the Rock You approached Peter to general manage the show, which he was delighted to undertake. He is currently planning several of his own productions independently. - Assistant Choreographer Lucie Pankhurst
-
Lucie was trained at the Arts Educational School and the London School of Contemporary Dance.
Her theatrical credits include: Trevor Nunn's production of Troilus and Cressida at the National Theatre and her own company — the Running Ones — with performances at the Lilian Baylis Theatre and the Place. She has also choreographed numerous music and television programmes such as That Peter Kay Thing for Channel 4, The Jack Dee Show, Mark Lamarr's Leaving the 20th Century and Swivel on the Tip for the BBC and the Smash Hit Poll Winners Party starring Lily Savage for ITV1.
She was assistant choreographer to Anthony Van Laast on his productions of Souls in Motion and Bruno Tonioli on Godspell. - Resident Choreographer Giorgia Barberi
-
Originally from Mori, Italy, Giorgia began her dance training at the age of eight. At 16 she moved to Milan and studied at the Professional School of Dance. Giorgia has worked with various dance companies throughout Italy as well as being a featured dancer on several Italian television shows. She has also choreographed extensively throughout Europe.
As a performer Giorgia's credits include: Grease (understudy Frenchie - Germany); Starlight Express (Wrench/understudy for Joule and Volta – Germany); Saturday Night Fever (original German company as Linda and Dance Captain); Saturday Night Fever UK Tour (Original company as Linda/understudy to Rosalie); and We Will Rock You (Original company, Dominion Theatre, London, as Dance Captain).
Professional choreographic credits include: Godspell (Germany); The Rocky Horror Show (Germany); Celebration of West End Musical Theatre (The Palace Theatre, London); West End Cares (Soho Theatre, London); Live and Let Die – a Celebration of James Bond (with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth); and West End Rocks (Hexagon Theatre, Reading). Giorgia has also worked on numerous international companies of We Will Rock You including the original German production and is Assistant Choreographer for the original production of We Will Rock You in Madrid. Giorgia is Associate Choreographer for Flashdance the Musical (World Premiere UK).
Television credits include: Germany's Next Top Model (featured guest choreographer), Al Murray Show (ITV), Blue Peter (BBC1), Children In Need (BBC1), Party in the Park (Channel Five), Parkinson (BBC1), The Queen's Jubilee Celebration (BBC1), Alliance Arena Opening (ZNF - Germany), Barbie Learn to Dance DVD (assistant choreographer) as well as choreographing numerous stage shows for pop band ATC and the London 2012 Olympics Visa Handover Party.
Girogia also assisted Arlene Phillips on ITV television series Britannia High.
She wishes to dedicate her performances to her most precious creation... her daughter Mya. - Casting Director Pippa Ailion
-
Pippa has cast over 120 productions internationally.
She was Resident Associate Director and cast three seasons of 15 European classics for Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic between 1987 and 1991.
Current/Recent West End: Top Hat, Fela, Million Dollar Quartet, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Sweeney Todd (Chichester 2011), We Will Rock You, The Lion King.
West End/London credits include: I Love You Because,Spring Awakening, Legally Blonde, Been So Long - Young Vic; We Will Rock You - UK national tour.
Current Europe: We Will Rock You, The Legend of the Lion King, Blue Man Group, The Night of 1000 Voices, Generations, The Enchanted Pig, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Acorn Antiques, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Simply Heavenly, Follow My Leader, Slamdunk, Poe, Five Guys Named Moe, Tonight's the Night, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (and tour), Rent, Japes, Wit, Prisoner of Second Avenue, All You Need Is Love, Jackie, The Magistrate, Hair, Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun, Forever Plaid, Blues Brothers.
National tours/Regional include: Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi, Riverdance, The Sunshine Boys (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Acorn Antiques, Jerry Springer the Opera, Tonight's the Night, The Postman Always Rings Twice (WYP); The Gingerbread Lady, Poe, Slamdunk, Golden Boy, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Leader of the Pack, Sadly Solo Joe, Five Guys Named Moe, All You Need Is Love, Passports to the Promised Land, Strangers on a Train, Riverdance, Dick Barton Special Agent.
Television: Inquisition, Little White Lies, Breaking the Code (multi-award winning), Witness Against Hitler, The Bill, Mud, Space Vets, Grange Hill, Hanger 17.
Associate Casting Director: James Hopson. Associate Casting Co-Ordinator: Natalie Gallacher - Producer Tribeca
-
Partners Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro founded Tribeca Productions and the Tribeca Film Center in 1988. Tribeca's motion picture productions include: Michael Apted's Thunderheart, Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear, Barry Primus' Mistress, Irwin Winkler's Night and the City, Warren Leight's The Night We Never Met, Mario Van Peebles' Panther, Robert De Niro's A Bronx Tale, Paul Mazursky's Faithful, Jerry Zaks' Marvin's Room, Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog, Harold Ramis' Analyze This, Phil Joanou's Entropy, Joel Schumacher's Flawless, Des McAnuff's The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jay Roach's Meet the Parents, Tom Dey's Showtime, and the recent About a Boy starring Hugh Grant, Toni Collette and Rachel Weisz, directed by Chris and Paul Weitz. Tribeca produced Analyze That, the sequel to Analyze This. Tribeca's television credits include: Tribeca (FOX), Witness to the Mob (NBC), and Holiday Heart (Showtime). 2002 marked Tribeca's first theatrical production with the musical We Will Rock You, based on the music of Queen. Rosenthal and De Niro are co-producing the production, which was written by Ben Elton and is directed by Chris Renshaw. It opened in London's West End in May 2002. Also during 2002, Rosenthal and De Niro presented the first annual Tribeca Film Festival. The inaugural festival ran from May 8th through to the 12th, with its mission being to aid in the revitalization of lower Manhattan since the terrorist attacks on September 11th. 2009 saw the launch of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, a community-minded, five-day event that showcases the best of Arab and international films.
- Producer Phil McIntyre Entertainment
-
West End Theatre – Producer including: Gasping, Silly Cow, Slip of the Tongue, Waiting for Godot, Popcorn.
National Theatre Tours – Producer including: The Rocky Horror Show, Popcorn.
Live Concert – Promotion including: Black Sabbath, Bryan Adams, The Cure, Culture Club, Deep Purple, Happy Mondays, Iron Maiden, Metallica, New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Tears for Fears, Wet Wet Wet.
Sport - Producer: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean – four world tours, World Skateboarding Championships, Wembley.
Live Comedy – Producer including: Dave Allen, Rowan Atkinson, Bottom, Billy Connolly, Steve Coogan, Adrian Edmondson, Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, French and Saunders, Goodness Gracious Me, The Fast Show, Lenny Henry, Sean Hughes, Peter Kay, The League of Gentlemen, Rik Mayall, Rab C Nesbitt, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, Shooting Stars, Ruby Wax, Victoria Wood, The Young Ones.
Feature Films - Producer: Guest House Paradiso starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, directed by Adrian Edmondson, Maybe Baby starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson, written and directed by Ben Elton.
Television - Producer: Victoria Wood With All the Trimmings BBC1, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights series 1 and 2 Channel 4. Victoria Wood Live at the Albert Hall ITV.
Representation: Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Ben Elton, Peter Kay and Victoria Wood.
- Ross Aldred
-
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Ross has just finnished touring Europe with The Rocky Horror Show, where he played the part of Riff Raff and alternated the iconic role of Frank-N-Furter.
Other West End and touring credits include: The Fantasticks (Duchess); Sweeney Todd (Union); Betwixt (King’s Head and Ambassadors); Me and My Girl (Palladium); Zombie Prom (Landor); Assassins (Playhouse); Doctor Who Live (national arena tour); Mickey’s Adventure (Disney); Cinderella (Yvonne Arnaud) and The Tenors (world tour).
Commercial credits include: Magners, Sky, Primark, Amstel and Quaker Oats.
Visit Ross online at rossaldred.com.
For further information, please visit www.keddiescott.com. - Louisa Barratt
-
Louisa was born in South Shields and began dancing at Valerie Shepherd’s Dance School then trained professionally at Phil Winston’s Theatreworks in Dance and Musical Theatre.
Theatre credits include: Jemima, first understudy Victoria in Cats (UK and Portuguese Tour); Dancer on Costa and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; Spirit of the Dance (USA and Isreali Tours); Dance captain and ensemble in Dick Whittington (Llandudno), ensemble in Robinson Crusoe (Richmond and Cardiff) both for QDos Entertainment.
Other credits include: Franz Ferdinand’s “Know You Girls” music video; ITV “This Morning” supporting Tommy Steele; Thursford Christmas Spectacular and presenting on Tyne Tees Television production of “Gimme 5.”
Louisa would like to thank her family for their continued love and support.
For more information regarding Louisa please visit www.christopherantony.co.uk - Adam Bracegirdle
-
Adam graduated from Laine Theatre Arts with a Musical Theatre Diploma and before this he attended the Bradford Dance and Theatre Arts Centre, tutored by Stephanie Clements.
Theatre credits include: The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium); understudy Nick Piazza, Fame (Irish tour); understudied and played Ryan Evans in High School Musical and High School Musical 2 – Live on Stage (Hammersmith and UK tours); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium, UK tour, Singapore) and various shows aboard celebrity cruises M/V Mercury.
Commercial credits include: appearance as Ryan Evans from High School Musical on the John Barrowman Show and the All Ireland Talent Show, The Beautiful South’s ‘Manchester’ Music Video and an appearance in the film The King of Bollywood.
Other theatre credits include: Aladdin (New Theatre, Woking); Peter Pan (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton); Robin Hood (New Theatre, Hull) and Pinocchio (Eden Court Theatre, Inverness).
Adam would like to thank his parents for their continued support. - Harriet Bunton
-
Harriet began her training at the Central School of Dancing and Performing Arts in Norwich, then went on to train professionally at Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: dancer for Kerry Ellis in The Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall); Peter Pan (the Hawth, Crawley); Cinderella (New Theatre, Cardiff); featured artiste in Movin’ in Time, The Spirit of Life and Ahead of the Game (Epsom Playhouse); numerous pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Norwich; Clara in The Nutcracker for English Youth Ballet (Theatre Royal Norwich).
Additionally, Harriet appeared as a dancer on the Blue Peter Roadshow (BBC TV).
Harriet is thrilled to be making her West End debut in We Will Rock You. - Sarah Covey
-
(Ensemble & Understudy for Killer Queen)
Sarah trained at the Royal Academy of Music. She was a recipient of the Ian Fleming Musical Theatre Award.
Shows whilst training include: Petra in A Little Night Music, Alaura in City of Angels and she performed in the Elton John concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Since graduating last year, she has performed as a soloist in the concert for Stephen Sondheim's honorary doctorate; featured ensemble in Celebrate St George's Day at Trafalgar Square; and Mad Margaret in Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore at the Tabard Theatre.
Sarah is delighted to be making her West End debut with the cast of We Will Rock You and would like to thank her friends and family for their continuous support. - Kristy Cullen
-
Kristy trained at Quay Theatre Arts with Jill Tindale.
Theatre credits: Boogie Nights, UK tour - ensemble; Grease, UK tour - ensemble; Half a Sixpence, UK tour - dance captain/swing; Scrooge, UK tour - Bess/dance captain; Street of Dreams, Manchester Arena - ensemble; P&O Pacific Sun - dance captain.
Television credits include: Strictly Dance Fever (BBC1).
Kristy would like to thank her boyfriend, family and friends, because they all rock! - Mark Dugdale
-
Originally from Belfast, Mark was the recipient of the Kenneth Branagh Renaissance Award to pursue training at the Guildford School of Acting, and later trained at the Irish Film Actors Studio, Dublin.
Theatre credits include: Zac in Don Giovanni - the Opera (Heaven Nightclub); Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk (Grand Opera House, Belfast); various roles in Jest End (Leicester Square Theatre); understudied and played the role of Khashoggi in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Courfeyrac and understudy Enjolras in Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); Mary Sunshine in Chicago (national tour and Cambridge Theatre); Ugly Sister in Cinderella (Grand Opera House, Belfast, for Qdos Entertainment); Soup in Merry Christmas Betty Ford (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); principal singer onboard the Queen Elizabeth 2; Chris in Have a Nice Life (Union Theatre); Asher in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (national tour); featured soloist in The Thursford Christmas Spectacular; Randolf in Bye Bye Birdie (Landor Theatre), and The Boy Friend (50th anniversary production).
Workshops: Derek Scully in The Commitments, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Recordings: Les Misérables - the movie (Working Title); Stage and Screen (BBC Radio 3)
Concerts: Anthology (Covent Garden); Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert (02 Arena).
Mark is thrilled to be returning to We Will Rock You and would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support. - Miriam Elwell-Sutton
-
Miriam was born in Glasgow, where she trained for two years at the Dance School of Scotland. After leaving school, she moved to London to further her training at the Arts Educational Schools London, graduating with a BA in Musical Theatre.
Upon graduating, Miriam went straight into the critically acclaimed production of Hair at the Gate Theatre. She then went on to play the roles of Ali in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre); alternate Tzeitel, understudy Chava and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre); Hunyak and Roxie in Chicago (UK tour); Bettina in the new musical Dolly; Colin in Mother Goose at the Nottingham Playhouse; An Evening of Shakespeare Monologues with theatre company Action to the Word, and the Magical Mermaid in Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates at the SECC.
Television credits include: Kirsty in Stacey Stone (BBC Scotland); Lois in UP (BBC pilot), and Dream Girl in a commercial for Dream Bingo. - Anton Fosh
-
Training: Anton trained at Elmhurst School for Dance before graduating from Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Rock Around the Clock (UK tour); Royal Caribbean Productions (Asia); Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (Rose Theatre, South Bank); choreography in The Baskerville Beast (Rose Theatre, South Bank); Robinson Crusoe (Theatre Royal, Newcastle); Peter Pan and featured dancer in One Man's Dream (Tokyo Disney Resort); Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington (Wycombe Swan Theatre); Cinderella (Darlington Civic Theatre); Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet (Royal Albert Hall/London Coliseum with English National Ballet).
Television includes: appearances in Misfits (E4); McDonald's advert.
Anton is thrilled to be making his West End debut and would like to thank his family for their continued love and support. - Ryan Gover
-
Ryan trained at the Arts Educational Schools London, where he graduated with a BA (hons) in Musical Theatre.
Theatre credits include: Dance Captain/Charlie in Mack and Mabel (Southwark Playhouse); The Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall); LA in Gypsy (Leicester Curve). His professional debut was in the original cast of The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), where he covered and played Hickory/Tin Man.
Roles whilst training: Skimbleshanks in Cats, directed by Chrissie Cartwright and Gillian Lynne; Friar John/Abraham in the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet - the Rock Opera; Dance Captain for My Favorite Year.
Ryan is delighted to be returning to the West End and would like to say a big thank you to his family for their endless support! - Emma Hatton
-
(Ensemble Teen Queen & Understudy for Scaramouche)
Emma, originally from Gloucestershire, trained at the Jane Jarrett School of Dance from the age of three. After graduating from Loughborough University with a degree in Sport Science and English, she went on to train at London School of Musical Theatre where she graduated with distinction.
Theatre credits include: A Comedy of Eric's (New Vic, Stoke); Dreamboats and Petticoats (Savoy and Playhouse theatres, West End and UK tour); Heaven Sent (NewWimbledon Theatre); Uncle Eric's White Christmas (New Vic, Stoke); Darling of the Day (Ondaatje Theatre, London); Hold Tight It's 80s Night (Creative Fabriek, Hengelo); When Midnight Strikes (Chelsea Theatre and Finborough Theatre, London); Cinderella (Harlequin Theatre, Redhill); and Christmas in New York (Apollo Theatre,West End).
Other credits include: original cast recording of Dreamboats and Petticoats (Universal Music); original cast recording of When Midnight Strikes (MaKING Records); presenter for British Heart Foundation and Youth Sport Trust promotional DVDs; and regular solo vocalist at the Savoy Hotel.
Emma is so excited to be joining the cast of We Will Rock You and dedicates her performance to her wonderful family and friends, who rock her world. xx
For more information about Emma, please visit www.access-uk.com. - Peter Houston
-
Peter was born in west Cumbria and trained at Theatreworks in Blackpool, graduating in July 2010.
Recent credits include: A Chorus Line at the Lowry Theatre, Manchester, and Peter Pan.
He has just finished filming the lead role of Patsy in the new British feature film First Time Loser.
Other theatre credits include: Cinderella at the Grand Theatre atWolverhampton and other film credits include: Trouble Sleeping and A Love Story.
Peter is delighted to be making his West End debut in We Will Rock You. - Matt Jones
-
Matt trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Laine Theatre Arts, graduating with a National Diploma in Professional Dance.
Since leaving college, Matt has appeared as Chistery in Wicked (Oberhausen, Germany); played Mike Costa in A Chorus Line (Tel Aviv Premiere Cast), directed by Baayork Lee, and could most recently be seen performing in Best of Musical gala 2012 (arena tour, Germany).
Other credits include: the pantomimes Peter Pan (Richmond Theatre) and Dick Whittington (Capitol Theatre, Horsham), and Oakwood summer season (Oakwood Theme Park, Wales). Matt’s TV work includes: The X Factor, Willkommen bei Mario Barth, The Friday Night Project and The Disney Kids Awards.
Matt is thrilled to be making his West End debut in We Will Rock You and would like to thank his amazing family and friends for all of their love and support. - Kevin McGuire
-
Kevin was born and raised in Liverpool and studied at the Hammond School, Chester.
Theatre credits include: Cats (Carbucketty/Mr Mistoffelees, UK tour); Fame (Goody/understudy Nick, Shaftesbury Theatre); Footloose (ensemble, Playhouse Theatre); High School Musical Live! (ensemble/understudy Troy, international); Ultimate Broadway (singer/understudy principal, Shanghai).
Recent credits include: 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony (dancer); Steps reunion UK arena tour (dancer); Britain’s Got Talent (dancer); The X Factor (dancer); Take That at the Brit Awards (dancer); Take That at the Royal Variety Performance (dancer); H&M commercial (Model); Clubland fitness DVD (Universal Pictures).
Alongside working as a commercial dancer/model, Kevin has spent the last few years working on various recording projects, and has toured and worked with producers/songwriters both in the UK and internationally. - John McLarnon
-
John originally hails from Glasgow and trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (previously RSAMD), graduating with a Master’s in Musical Theatre in 2011.
Whilst training, John appeared as the Boatman in the Scottish premiere of Sunday in the Park With George (Edinburgh Fringe) and also created the role of John in the award-winning Wasted Love to much critical acclaim.
Since graduating, John has appeared as Josh in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Tron Theatre, Glasgow); Hamish/Superfly in Jack and the Beanstalk (Perth Theatre) and, most recently, he played the role of Spider in Jekyll & Hyde at the Union Theatre, London.
John is also a singer-songwriter, currently working on his first self-penned album.
John is absolutely delighted to be making his West End debut in We Will Rock You and would like to thank his folks, sister, Ruthie and wee gran for their constant love and support.
Follow John on twitter @Johnmclarnon - Scott Monello
-
(Ensemble & Understudy for Galileo)
Scott trained at the Arts Educational School, Chiswick. Upon graduation, he joined the cast of Jerry Springer - the Opera at the Cambridge Theatre where he understudied and played the role of Tremont. He then joined the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New London Theatre and also took part in the workshop of Dancing With Shadows, directed by Frank Dunlop. Following that, he appeared in We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre. Scott's most recent appearance was playing the role of Frankie Valli in the original London cast of Jersey Boys. For more information, please visit www.scottmonello.com. - Emma O'Toole
-
Emma started her training at the age of five at the Billie Barry Stage School in Ireland. She then went on to study at London Studio Centre and graduated with a BA (hons) in Theatre Dance.
Emma was also a competitive freestyle dancer and won many prestigious titles including Dancer of the Year.
We Will Rock You marks Emma’s West End debut. As a graduate, she is delighted to be a member of the cast, and would like to thank her family, friends and teachers for all their hard work and continued support. - Katie Paine
-
Katie trained at Hertfordshire Theatre School (HTS) on the three year acting and musical theatre course.
Theatre credits include: Anita in Girls Night (UK tour); Pandora in Robin Hood (Elgiva Theatre); lead female for Stiletto Entertainment USA (Zaandam); Mae in Reefer Madness (Bridewell Theatre); lead female in You Don't Bring Me Flowers (UK tour); Clara in Nine (Rose and Crown Theatre); lead female for Chris Moreno Productions (MV Aurora).
Television includes: T-Mobile karaoke commercial; pilot reality show for Channel 4.
Radio includes: presenter of Summer Sizzlers on Radio Verulam.
Katie is absolutely delighted to be making her West End debut in We Will Rock You, and would like to thank her family and gorgeous friends for their continuous love and support. - Jeremy Taylor
-
(Ensemble & Understudy for Galileo)
Jeremy trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2008 with a BA (hons) Musical Theatre.
Credits: Evita (UK tour); Rolf in The Sound of Music (UK tour); understudied and played Rolf in The Sound of Music (London Palladium).
Jeremy is thrilled to be returning to the West End in one of his favourite shows. He would like to thank his loved ones (you know who you are!) for their help and support.
For more info, please visit www.Jeremy-Taylor.co.uk. - Lindsey Tierney
-
(Ensemble, Teen Queen & Understudy for Meat)
Lindsey was born in Doncaster and started her training at the Nellie Stagles School of Dance; she then went on to train professionally at Phil Winston's Theatreworks.
Credits include: Footloose, swing/covered and played Rusty and Wendy Jo (UK tour); Lambchops in Fame (Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo); Maggie in A Chorus Line (Lowry Theatre, Manchester); Never Forget, swing/covered and played the lead role of Chloe (UK tour); Lambchops in Fame swing, covered and played Carmen, Serena and Mabel (Aldwych Theatre); dance captain for Snow White (Doncaster) and Peter Pan (Southampton); for Qdos Pantomimes.
Lindsey can also be heard in 42 countries as a vocalist on the IDTA Theatre Craft syllabus and is a soloist on Ian Meeson's album, The Good Singer.
www.thegoodsinger.com - Caitlin Ward
-
Caitlin was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and began dancing at the Miss Gray School of Dance. Her training continued at the Karen Berry School of Dance, before she gained a place at Bird College, graduating with a BA (hons) in Dance and Theatre Performance.
Theatre credits include: Stephanie in LazyTown (Cbeebies Live! Reach to the Stars!, UK arena tour); singer/dancer for Fred Olson Cruises; Serena in Fame (Studio Theatre, Sidcup); Legends, Icons and Idols (Orchard Theatre, Dartford).
Caitlin is thrilled to be making her West End debut in We Will Rock You and would like to thank her friends, family and teachers for their endless love and support.
www.apm@apmassociates.net
- Musical Director Stuart Morley
-
Stuart, a native of Hull, Yorkshire, trained at Trinity College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
As musical director he has worked on a wide variety of shows including the UK tours of Tommy and This Is Elvis for Bill Kenwright Ltd; Ray Cooney's new musical comedy Time's Up; Release the Beat (Arcola) and Jus' a little Simply Heavenly (Young Vic Studio); and numerous Sunday concerts at the London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane for ata productions. He was also Associate MD for Rufus Norris' new production of Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre.
As a conductor he has worked with symphony orchestras, wind bands and choirs, conducting concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, St James' Piccadilly, Cheltenham Town Hall and Hull City Hall. He is currently Musical Theatre Vocal Coach at The Royal Academy of Music, and has also taught at East 15 Acting School, the Vallé Academy, ALRA, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and the Royal Academy of Music.
Stuart is delighted to be MD for the West End production of We Will Rock You. - Assistant Musical Director Andy Read
-
Andy Read trained at the Royal College of Music. Since this time he has worked extensively in the theatre for many of London's West End productions including Evita, Cats, Les Misérables, Starlight Express, Mamma Mia! and We Will Rock You.
Away from the theatre, Andy has had a diverse career. He was accompanist for the international vocal group Cantabile, performing in more than four hundred concert and television appearances in twenty countries. He was pianist for Dame Shirley Bassey for many concerts and recordings around the world. He is a teacher and a vocal coach in Higher Education. As a Composer, he has completed various publications for the UK and USA. His recent work AURORA, was selected for presentation at the Annual Arts and Music Specialisms Conference at the Barbican Centre, London. He has just completed a new album for trumpet and orchestra entitled Last Rose of Summer. - Keyboards Spike Edney
-
In addition to being Queen's keyboard player since 1984, Spike Edney has toured, recorded and performed with the living and late legends of our time, including such artists as Ben E King, Eric Clapton, Bob Geldof, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, George Michael, Bon Jovi, Guns 'n' Roses and Elton John, to name a few. Spike's career with Queen has included three world tours and appearances at Live Aid, Rock in Rio, the legendary Live at Wembley '86, Knebworth, and more recently Hyde Park. In addition to his time working with Queen, Spike has continued to perform and record with both Brian May and Roger Taylor on their solo projects, which include co-founding the Cross in 1987 with Roger Taylor and two world tours with the Brian May Band.
Spike has made innumerable TV appearances and recorded and performed extensively with is own all-star band, the SAS Band (www.sasband.com). Several internationally televised concerts with Spike as MD and his band backing an array of stars, such as Lionel Richie, Bono and the Edge, the Eurythmics, Anastacia and Peter Gabriel, include the finale of the 2000 and 2001 Prince's Trust Party in the Park concert and the 2003 Nelson Mandela 46664 concert for Aids.
Spike's other work as musical director has included such landmark concerts as The Freddie Mercury Memorial Concert and performances at Pavarotti's Unesco Concert for Iraq and the Party at the Palace concert for the Queen's Jubilee at Buckingham Palace. - Keyboards Neil Drinkwater
-
Neil Drinkwater has a long list of credits as a writer, recording artist and performer.
Artists he has worked with include: Phil Collins, Van Morrison, Clannad and Chris Rea. - Guitar Laurie Wisefield
-
Laurie Wisefield is one of the most experienced and versatile guitarists around today. He has appeared and recorded with some of the world's greatest & diverse artists, from his early band Wishbone Ash, through to Tina Turner, Joe Cocker. Michael McDonald, & Andrea Bocelli to name just a few. He has been part of the We Will Rock You band from the very beginning of the show.
For more info please visit www.lauriewisefield.com - Guitar Alan Darby
-
As well as touring extensively with Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Robert Palmer, Asia, and Bonnie Tyler, Alan Darby has performed with Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Ronan Keating and Burt Bacharach. He has also recorded for Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Mark Knopfler, Westlife, Marti Pellow, Paul Young, Jon Anderson (Yes) and John Martyn.
As a writer, he has recorded a solo album for Virgin Records, written a song on Bonnie Raitt's current album, and is now writing music for film and television. - Bass Guitar Neil Murray
-
Neil Murray is one of the most highly respected bass guitarists in rock and has played with musicians and bands such as Brian May, Eric Clapton, Sting, Whitesnake and Black Sabbath and has toured extensively throughout the world. - Drums Tony Bourke
-
Tony Bourke works in the theatre, television and studio.
Recent Television work, has included: Musicool Ch4, Ant & Dec Saturday Night Take Away, Sir Cliff Richard on This Morning, David Cassidy on Children in Need, Late Night With Jerry Springer series for Carlton T.V.
Other Theatre work includes: Grease London production 1993-99, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia!, Which Witch and Moby Dick.
He has performed at The Party at the Palace, Party in The Park, Children In Need, BBC Friday Night Is Music Night, The Voice of Musical Theatre in Cardiff, and The Capital Gold Legends Awards.
Artists worked with include: Bucks Fizz, The Three Degrees, The Drifters, The Osmonds, 10CC, Marc Almond, Elkie Brooks, Tammy Wynette and Mica Paris.
Tony has Recorded a Solo album titled TONBOR completed in 2001 and Tony is still very proud to be performing in We Will Rock You after six years. - Percussion Gareth Roberts
-
Gareth Roberts has toured with Barry White and Gene Pitney.
His West End theatre work includes: Chess, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Jerry Springer and Fame.
Performances ∧ Tickets...
-
Monday to Friday
7:30pm
-
Saturday
2:30pm & 7:30pm
Midweek matinee performances are on the last Wednesday of each month at 2:30pm with weekly midweek matinees during school holidays.
-
Monday to Saturday matinee
£86.25 (premium), £66.25, £56.25, £50.25, £45.25, £35.25
-
Saturday evening
£91.25 (premium), £68.25, £58.25, £52.25, £47.25, £37.25
Frequently Asked Questions...
- Is there a cloakroom or somewhere to store luggage?
There is a cloakroom in the theatre where luggage and coats can be left during the performance. It is situated upstairs on the circle level, and is open approximately 45 minutes before the performance. There is a charge of £1 per item for this service.
- How long has the show been running?
We Will Rock You celebrated its 10th Birthday on 14th May 2012.
- Can I take photographs or record the show?
Due to copyright, the use of photography and recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
- Will the cast make announcements from the stage?
Unfortunately, the cast are unable to make any announcements from the stage for birthdays, anniversaries etc
- Is there strobe lighting in the show?
Strobe lighting is used at various points throughout the show.
A member of our team can be available to let customers know when this is coming up, please ask one of our Front of House team when you arrive at the theatre.
The show is comparably loud to a rock concert, for those with more sensitive hearing, ear plugs can be provided. Please ask for them at the cloakroom or the merchandise outlets.
The Dominion Theatre welcomes patrons of all ages, however we do advise against babes in arms as the current production is of a loud nature. Please be aware that all patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
There are no child concessions for the current production.
Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
What You've Been Saying About the Show...
-
Highly recommend We Will Rock
We saw We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre on a Friday night in August. We had a fabu...
Read More -
Incredible Evening
The show was just unbelievable and the seats were fantastic. We have had the most incredib...
Read More -
Best show I’ve ever seen!
Read More -
Excellent, Brilliant, Funny
Excellent, brilliant, funny. The show was superb - even though I'm not a fan of Queen, the...
Read More







