We Will Rock You to close
Theatre news
AFTER a record-breaking 12 years at London’s Dominion Theatre, where it has been seen by over 6.5 million people, the Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You will close on May 31, 2014.
Now, and by a margin of nine years, We Will Rock You has become the Dominion’s longest running show and takes its place in West End history as one of the Top 10 longest running musicals of all time.
The show has now been performed in 28 countries around the globe, and has been seen by more than 16 million people.
From its opening night at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, We Will Rock You quickly became the overwhelming people’s choice of musical in the UK and overseas. In its second year at the Dominion, it won top honours in five categories in the Theatregoers Choice awards presented by whatsonstage.com, including Best New Musical.
In 2011, nine years after the curtain first went up, the show won the prestigious Olivier Audience Award, the only category voted for entirely by the public. The show also went on to win a number of international awards for productions around the globe.
When the show closes on May 31, 2014, it will have been performed at the Dominion an astonishing 4,600 times. Co-creators Brian May, Roger Taylor and Ben Elton said: “We want to thank every one of the many hundreds of incredible musical theatre artists, musicians and crew with whom we’ve had the privilege of working at the Dominion since 2002. And of course the incredible audiences who have rewarded them with over four and a half thousand standing ovations!”
General Manager of the Dominion Theatre, David Pearson, commented: “It has been a privilege to have hosted We Will Rock You for the past 12 years. To have the show rocking the Dominion and seeing a standing ovation night after night has been quite amazing. We wish the show every success for the future, as we now prepare to accelerate our restoration and refurbishment programme ready to welcome an exciting new production in 2015.”
We Will Rock You is a Phil McIntyre Entertainments, Queen Theatrical Productions and Tribeca Theatrical presentation.
Tickets: £16.25 – £70 – available from the box office on 0844 847 1775 or online at www.wewillrockyou.co.uk/ or from www.indielondon.co.uk.
Times: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm; Saturday matinee at 2.30pm; weekly Wednesday matinees from March 26 at 2.30pm.