{"id":9634,"date":"2023-11-22T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/?p=9634"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:01:08","slug":"wwry-comes-to-dublin-after-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/2023\/11\/22\/wwry-comes-to-dublin-after-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"WWRY comes to Dublin after 11 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Buddy you&#8217;re a boy make a big noise<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019re the rebel. You want to Rock the world. You\u2019re the one who starts the revolution. Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It\u2019s a safe, happy, carefree Ga Ga world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Planet Mall: All musical instruments are banned. However, the Company Computers produce songs and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and Girl Bands and Girl and Boy Bands. Ring any bells?\u00a0 Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls. \u00a0Boy Bands that look like girls. Nothing is left to chance; hits are arranged years in advance. \u00a0It\u2019s all pre-planned.<\/p>\n<h2>Playin&#8217; in the street gonna be a big man some day.<\/h2>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" frame=\"rhs\" cellspacing=\"20\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_0_d3224f1a00bd88de36dfb254458f6787\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBUJztI884M?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Resistance is growing. Rebels form. Underneath the gleaming cities, down in the lower depths live the Bohemians. They believed there was once a Golden Age when the kids formed their own bands and write their own songs. They call that time, The Rhapsody.<\/p>\n<h2>You got mud on yo&#8217; face You big disgrace.<\/h2>\n<p>Rumour has it that somewhere on Planet Mall 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?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Kickin&#8217; your can all over the place.<\/h2>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_1_bc541796cfdd6761ad156a9d2ce3b6e6\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NbDprLJM5rQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>But Galileo is a wanted man. The Ga Ga Cops are looking for him 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. But who is Galileo? Where is the Hairy One\u2019s lost axe? Where is the place of living rock?<\/p>\n<h2>Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?<\/h2>\n<p>Queen and Ben Elton\u2019s We Will Rock You is in its 11 year. It was first seen on 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2002 in the Dominion Theatre with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D Clarke and Kerry Ellis and is the longest running musical in the theatre, surpassing Grease.<\/p>\n<p>The theatre holds 2163 people and the show is scheduled to run until October 2013 &#8211; at least.\u00a0 It has had nearly 4000 performances so far, 12,000 people weekly, 5.5 million people at the Dominion and 13 million worldwide. \u00a0It is now the 7th longest running musical currently playing in the West End in a list that includes\u00a0<i>Les Miserables<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Phantom of the Opera<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Blood Brothers<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Mamma Mia!<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Chicago<\/i>\u00a0and Disney\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Lion King<\/i>.<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_2_45efdaba34ce318191327523979b9f92\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SajPui0SCGA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Like Riverdance, it has a number of productions all over the world and it has been seen in five continents.<\/p>\n<h2>Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality, Open your eyes<\/h2>\n<p>The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians, who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future 300 years away where everyone dresses, thinks and does the same. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Elton has created a nightmarish vision of the future in which live music is banned, all instruments have been destroyed and the entire population lobotomised by the Globalsoft Corporation, capable of living on the iPlanet only through the internet.<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_3_27b9fd339a1f29d11ae842c046e662b9\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40UGw5m4hQE?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Inevitably, a few rebels have escaped, calling themselves the Bohemians, searching for the rhapsody of rock and roll &#8230; and someone to lead them.<\/p>\n<p>He just happens to be a guy called Galileo Figaro, along with his potty-mouthed girlfriend Scaramouche.<\/p>\n<h2>Look up to the skies and see, I&#8217;m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy<\/h2>\n<p>With 24 of Queen&#8217;s biggest hits delivered in a show that boasts the scale and spectacle that marked the bands&#8217; legendary live performances, this is one of the most spectacular musicals to tour the world.\u00a0 It compares to Mama Mia and Riverdance. Now don\u2019t be a purist and tell me that Riverdance isn\u2019t a musical.<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_4_d1f5ed6f831200cfc5a59edda9fb195f\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoxzQMHtFsw?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>On announcing the tour, Queen&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Brian M<\/i>ay said:\u00a0<i>&#8220;After our first 10 years in Rock Theatricality, this is the next giant step for WWRY &#8211; and the show will feature a brand new arena-size design &#8211; a big night out for all!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The production is directed by Ben Elton, with\u00a0<b>Brian May<\/b>\u00a0and Roger\u00a0<b>Taylor<\/b>\u00a0as music supervisors. \u00a0<b>Arlene Phillips<\/b>\u00a0oversees the musical staging and choreography.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;This show is all about legend,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0says Ben Elton.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Phil McIntyre said\u00a0<i>&#8220;We are looking forward to taking this true Rock Theatrical out on the road again. We had standing ovations night after night around the UK last time and we can&#8217;t wait to see that happen again.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Because I&#8217;m easy come, easy go, A little high, little low<\/h2>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_5_f39917a8dc54cc139e9c017976715ad7\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fQ8wI8F_DA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Following the recasting in August 2012 of lead role Galileo which saw popular\u00a0<i>Legally Blonde<\/i>\u00a0cast member Alex Gaumond join the show, We Will Rock You has announced a new incoming cast to take over the roles of female lead Scaramouche, the show\u2019s popular villain Khashoggi, and the bad-ass, loved-up rebel leader Britney.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, in what is sure to be news much welcomed by the show\u2019s legion of regular fans, the producers have announced that popular cast members\u00a0<b>Kevin Kennedy<\/b>\u00a0(Pop),\u00a0<b>Brenda Edwards<\/b>\u00a0(Killer Queen) and\u00a0<b>Rachel John<\/b>\u00a0(Meat) will continue with the show through 2013.<\/p>\n<p>New to the leading role of Scaramouche from 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October 2012 was\u00a0<b>Lauren Samuels<\/b>, an alumni of Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s BBC TV\u00a0<i>Over the Rainbow<\/i>\u00a0where she received high praise.<\/p>\n<h2>Anyway the wind blows, doesn&#8217;t really matter to me, to me<\/h2>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_6_4a6d0d81509095115e158d5e9905e273\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iq6CaIF80Ds?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"350\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><i>\u201cWe had the worst reviews in years, second only to Les Miserables,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0said Brian May, founder member of Queen.\u00a0 As its legendary guitarist, he continues to oversee the ongoing legacy of the band now with Roger Taylor despite the tragic early death of Freddie Mercury in 1991.They have continued to make music, most recently at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><i>Brian added: \u201cWe had two very fortunate things happen soon after we opened: one was the party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee in 2002, where we appeared on top of the palace with the cast singing Bohemian Rhapsody and We Are the Champions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe other was appearing on Michael Parkinson\u2019s television chat show. With those two bits of television, people were able to see for themselves what was in the show and it became an avalanche, as people realised what was on offer.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Like I\u2019ve always said, who are these critics? Who listens to them? What do they know?<\/p>\n<h2>I see a little silhouetto of a man<br \/>\nScaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango<br \/>\nThunderbolt and lightning &#8211; very very frightening me<br \/>\nGallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo,<br \/>\nGallileo Figaro \u2013 magnifico<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, I haven\u2019t got tickets to go to the show, so if anyone cares to donate a few tickets . . . .<\/p>\n<p>By Bob Tallent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dpnlive.com\/%3Cspan%20id=\">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;<span id=\"cloak75528\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"mailto:bob@synergy.ie\">bob@synergy.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter &#8211; @DigiPrintNews<\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DPNLive\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DPNlive<\/a>&#8211; (click the \u2018LIKED\u2019 button\/top of page as well)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2013, DPNLIVE \u2013 All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddy you&#8217;re a boy make a big noise You\u2019re the rebel. You want to Rock the world. 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