'We Will Rock You" plays final Toronto performance May 11
By: Mark Andrew Lawrence Apr. 17, 2008
Dora Award winner for Best Musical, the Canadian production of We Will Rock You has been an audience favourite, receiving standing ovations at each and every performance. Originally scheduled to play seven weeks, the show was quickly extended again and again. By the time its Toronto run will end We Will Rock You will have played 61 weeks, been seen by more than 700,000 people, and generated an estimated economic spin-off to the city of $250 million.
"The show has also introduced live theatre to many young people, making them loyal theatregoers, if we are to judge by how often many of them have been to see WE WILL ROCK YOU. Many have attended a dozen or more times," says David Mirvish. "But We Will Rock You's popularity isn't confined to Toronto. The show is about to enter its seventh year in London and is also playing in long-running engagements in major cities around the world. Plans are under way to route a Canadian Tour."
Set 300 years in the future, in a time when live music is banned on Earth, WE WILL ROCK YOU is about the rebellious kids, fighting against the all-powerful Globalsoft Corporation that controls their lives and feeds them a diet of synthesized pop. Could the young Galileo and Scaramouche be the heroes needed who will help them "break free" of their chains to rediscover themselves and live music?
The all-Canadian cast features Yvan Pedneault as Galileo, Erica Peck as Scaramouche, Alana Bridgewater (Menopause Out Loud) as the Killer Queen, Adam Brazier (Mamma Mia!, Rocky Horror Picture Show) as Khashoggi, Jack Langedijk (Kiss of The Spider Woman, A Streetcar Named Desire) as Pop, Sterling Jarvis (Disney's The Lion King) as Duffand Valerie Stanois as Oz.
With Brian May and Roger Taylor as Music Supervisors, We Will Rock You is written and directed by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, and Popcorn) and features 32 of Queen'sgreatest hits. Mark Fisher, Production Designer, andWillie Williams, Lighting Designer, have created set designs for Pink Floyd, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones and U2. Tim Goodchild is Costume Designer and Arlene Phillips (Starlight Express, Grease and Saturday Night Fever) is Choreographer. Bobby Aitken (The Boyfriend, The Fix, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Grease and Mamma Mia!) is Sound Designer.
Produced by David Mirvish and The Kimsa Group, in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, We Will Rock You reflects the scale and spectacle that marked Queen's live performances and earned the band its pinnacle position in rock history. We Will Rock You , now in its sixth sell-out year in London, has seen productions in Australia, Spain, Russia and South Africa and is presently playing in London, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and Spain. Globally, an audience of more than six million has already seen the show.
We Will Rock You in Toronto until May 11, 2008 at The Canon Theatre – 244 Victoria Street.
Performance Schedule: Wednesday – Saturday 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 2:00 PM, and selected Wednesday Matinees
Tickets $25 - $94
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