More like a high school production

Stupid story, I have seen better plots on cartoons made for 3 year olds. If you are going to be inspired by the music of Queen skip this and listen to their music or go watch a good tribute band. The play was both annoying, insipid and boring. Even the music was not particularly well done.

Thought it would be a rock band singing Queen music... Little did i know was a poorly put together KIDS BOP show of Queen music.. An embrassement to any real Queen fan. Walked out after just 30 minutes should not take anymore! Dont waste your money

Notice how the positive reviews have broken English and don't sound like a real person wrote them? No real person enjoyed this show. I really think someone paid for those reviews. That's a thing that happens now. "We Will Rock You" the musical's worst offender is the story. It's a juvemille comedy filled with really bad puns. Imagine a musical version of "Dumb & Dumber" filled with dad jokes. The acting is hard to criticize. It came off like an amateur school production, but maybe they're really good actors bringing a terrible script to life in the best way possible. Freddie Mercury leaves about the hardest shoes to fill in vocalist history. That said, I've heard him honored better at drunken karaoke nights. They actors are largely broadway style singers without the vocal range to sing rock anthems. At best classic Queen songs sound like showtunes. At worst some of the songs get really massacred. Between poorly re-written lyrics and weak vocalists unable to compete with the band it turns into a farce pretty quickly. In the last 10 minutes of the show a desperate attempt is made to deliver the concert-style rock homage to Queen that you probably expected when you bought the tickets. It falls short. Some of the actors just don't have the vocal chops and no amount of flashing lights can mask that. The show is flawed on a material level. Instead of honoring Queen it leaves you with the feeling of cheap exploitation. The only thing you'll hear at this show is Radio Ga Ga.

what a colossal mess. The story was pathetic, the staging immature. The music of course was good because it was somebody else's. There were a couple of good voices. Many many people walked out at intermission. I don't blame them. I wanted to leave but stuck it out because I am a huge Queen fan. I should have left.

absolute load of crap!!!! thats all i can say.

If only I had read these reviews before going to see it. I've never felt so bored during a show... I was taking more notice of the theatre decor than what was going on on stage. The story line was ridiculous. The acting terrible. The jokes... what jokes? Rather than write a story which included the music (Take Mama Mia... which id recommend seeing than this!) it was as if the songs were in place and some stupid storyline written to shoe horn in as many songs as possible... and nothing made sense. The singing was awful. Pitchy. Squealing. I know this has been running for a long time and its most probably because of the songs themselves than the actual storyline. But if you LOVE queen... go and watch a decent tribute act than waste money on this tripe.

Actors rather were shouting than singing. Sound quality was poor as well. In most of dialogs actors spoke with unnecessary accents. I payed maximum fare sitting in the center of row A of circus and I had to bend forward all the time to see the show. It was 100% waste of money and time.

I've seen a few West End shows and, even though I'm not a huge musicals fan, they are generally spectacular enough to be entertaining. Not this time. We Will Rock You felt cheap. On a par with an am dram performance in the village hall. The story line was a disgrace. The jokes were archaic. The acting, unnecessary accents and singing were all diabolical. The dialogue was embarrassing. Ben Elton should be ashamed of himself, and god only knows how Brain May can sleep at night. I wasn't expecting much, but I was stunned by how poor this was. The face value on the ticket was £65. I wouldn't pay 65p. By the second half I'd given up on polite applause and was just desperate to escape. Freddie must be turning in his grave.

Wish I had seen these reviews before wasting £85 on 2 tickets for my husband's christmas present. We have been theatre goers (especially musicals) for the past 20 years and have NEVER felt the need to walk out of a show before, but we honestly could not take any more TORTURE ! Could not understand what was going on, eventually didn't care, jokes were bad, script was awful, overacting was plentiful - have to admit though that singing was okay (pretty impossible to sing a Queen song badly!) Went to Theatre Royal bar next to Playhouse and the staff there advised us to go back in for the second half as it might get better - so we gave the show the benefit of the doubt and went back in but only managed 5 minutes this time! We stood at the back to assess the atmosphere before daring to go back to our seats, but decided we did not want to stay at a party where the only people having any fun or enjoyment were the ones up on stage. We had such high hopes for this show, having read favourable local newspaper reviews and people we knew saying they'd heard it was supposed to be good - the only recommendation we'll be giving people who ask is DON'T GO - WASTE OF MONEY!!

When the inhouse lights dimmed and the stage show lights started l was prepared to be whisked off into the world of Queen and escapism! lf only l could have been whisked off to land of sleep! l have seen better High school productions! Ropey dancing, cringy jokes, weak and awful singing and a ridiculous story line! l can't believe that Brian May actually got on stage with these alleged actors and singers. lf l was him l would have legged it out the back door but, then, it has been going for 10 years (HOW?) so he must just be in need of the royalties!!!!! Couldn't face going back in after the break as it was just too much to bear. My husband felt exactly the same and sighed with relief when l whispered 'is this a dire or is it just me?'. For the record, l love Queen and musicals!

terrible terrible terrible. Wanted to cause myself pain as it would have been something else to think about. I love musicals, i love glee, i love high school musical, i adore les mis and i like queen..... i am their target audience. The accents, despite coming and going, were incredibly grating and false. I am nineteen, love partying, clubbing etc. and i'm partially deaf... putting my fingers in my ears left me with a comfortable volume. The acting was wooden and unconvincing, the 'story' was beyond belief and the dancing was alarmingly out-of-time. The only good things were the costumes (in part), the set and of course the music. All-in-all i wouldn't send my worst enemy to see it, and to be honest, i thought that THEY should have paid ME to watch the second half. I was also reluctant to clap as i didn't want to encourage them.

I went in expecting to have a fantastic night and I was disappointed! The leads were unconvincing. Galileo was a wimp and not that great a singer (although he thought he was). Scaramouche had the most annoying voice ever and her "jokes" were so obvious, tired and old. The woman playing Meat was the best singer by far, but had a bit part. The production was quite varied and fun, and I liked the old dude, but all in all it was mega cheesy and not worth the ticket price. I can't believe that Ben Elton has made so much cash out of this. I also think it devalues Queen and Freddie Mercury in particular. What were they thinking?! As for the "story" I think a monkey could have written a better one. I would not recommend this to anyone and would think the majority of people who will go in the future will be tourists who don't know any better poor people...

How the hell has this been going for 10 years? I was speechless really. As others have said, Glee does Queen sums the music side up. However, it's not rocket science - people seeing this dross will generally like Queens music, which is Rock music (albeit soft / pop rock). Therefore, to dpo the songs justice, it should be sung like Rock - not by a load of untalented shrill 'high school kids'. Just awful. As bad as the music was, it was the best part of the show, because the 'story' was laughable, which was fortunate because nothing else, including the intended jokes were funny - we didn't actually laugh once. What was with all the name dropping of song titles - why is that funny? Zero chemistry between the leads and what was with the ridiculously annoying fake accent of the lead girl. I regret not leaving at the interval. I have booked up to see War Horse again to help erase the memory of this dross. If you like Queen - go and see a tribute band.