We Will Rock You (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (189)
See it if I liked the different songs
Don't see it if You don't like Freddie Mercury
See it if You're a Queen fan and enjoy their music. All the huge and well known hits are here, with a fantastic storyline to go with them.
Don't see it if You're expecting to see a story about Queen or Freddy Mercury. This is an original show and is not about the band themselves. Read more
See it if You like Queen’s music. The songs are good, the performances are good and the staging is pretty fun.
Don't see it if You want something which resembles a good story
See it if you like Queen, want to sing-a-long, don't mind a cringy plot/acting
Don't see it if you are bothered by the whole crowd singing together, expect a decent plot/store telling, actually expected cool sci-fi elements
See it if you want light entertainment and a jukebox-led musical.
Don't see it if You can't get past a weak storyline, clichéd characterisation and you're a nit-picker.
See it if You like the Queen songs and music
Don't see it if You don’t like loud music
See it if You are a Queen fan
Don't see it if You expect a story that makes sense, hate jukebox musicals Read more
See it if you really have nothing else to do in London or want to go temporarily deaf. And if you want to see a badly executed school play.
Don't see it if you are expecting good acting, singing or storyline. Read more
Critic Reviews (8)
“This insultingly slapdash musical by Ben Elton and Queen is possibly the most cynical piece of entertainment I’ve ever seen. The pomp-rockers’ impressive greatest hits are hammered willy-nilly into a nonsensical futuristic plot.”
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“It is moving when Brian May appears on stage to play his guitar to Bohemian Rhapsody at the end, too, but the journey here has been quite a trudge...In a preamble, Elton’s Rebel Leader talks of less than flattering reviews of the original production. In this critic’s view, it’s a case of going back to that future for iPlanet’s shaggy bohemians.”
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“To be fair, the projected visuals are techno-whizzy and the cast pretty fizzy [Ian McIntosh and Elena Skye]. On Tuesday’s opening night, Brian May rocked up like some deus ex machina for the finale of Bohemian Rhapsody, surging the theatrical power levels. If they could make a hologram of him, the show might yet attain a kinda magic; as it stands, it’s all a bit tragic.”
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“Watching this production carried me back to the bleak night, long ago... Elton’s script is almost as slapdash, shoehorning songs into one scene after another”
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This is a disappointing revival of the cult musical, though We Will Rock You still manages to draw huge audience numbers who are delighted by the music and endless rock references
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“Even as jukebox musicals go, this one is particularly shoddy and tasteless...Queen deserve to be remembered, they’re legends. But if it is a place onstage they’re after, they deserve more than this mess.”
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“As much as I wanted to hate it, it was almost impossible to resist the show’s endearing charm. Yes – it’s a mess – but it does exactly what it sets out to do. There’s a purity in that – and punters will surely have a rocking great night.”
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This production includes a few too many creative components, I think they’ve done just about everything you can do on stage, apart from making it rain. They may have done this to detract from the (lack of a) plot – but ultimately, it causes further confusion and creates a convoluted production. Whilst not guaranteed to blow your mind, nothing beats hearing Queen’s music live, and the band perform this exceptionally.
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