Research on We Will Rock You

We are going to be performing "We Will Rock You", a Queen musical that was first staged in 2002.

The story takes place 300 years into the future from now, in a place once filled with a variety of tuneful, authentic sounds. Globalsoft is a company that has taken over which is now known as 'Planet Mall', where live instruments are banned and only allows digitally formed music. The head of this corporation is Killer Queen, along with sidekick chief Kashoggi and served by the Secret Police. The "Gaga kids" live in a world of constant commercials, brainwashed.

2 outcasts and rebels. Scaramouche and Galileo escape from the Police after being detained and hospitalised, and soon come across the Bohemians, others who are also trying to rediscover past music. However their only evidence is scraps of old books and posters. They have created instruments from junk, attempting to recreate what was once here, the times known as Rhapsody. The bohemians have been waiting for someone to recall old music and find instruments hidden by the rock band Queen hundreds of years ago. This soon appears to be Galileo.

Main themes:

• individuality: explores the risks of a place where everyone is the same and is conformed. 
• value of live music: the creativity and discovery of music in its own, rather than profit
• Radio gaga: WWRY storyline's starting point was from the hit song 'Radio Gaga'. The song is about music that has no real emotion or purpose attached to it, and is just one of many mainstream songs put together. This reflects the 'Gaga kids' in the musical, who are all brainwashed from soulless music. 
• internet: when linking to the musical, the internet is a main engine used to control the citizens in Planet Mall, and create digitally formed music. The internet ccan be used for marketing and links to the theme of consumerism
• consumerism: this is a main highlight of the show as it portrays how the promotion of merchandise and pop culture through commercials etc. can manipulate and change the way people think, feel about things and act. This could link to trends that carry through countries whether it's a type of music, a specific game, or a fashion trend.
• futurism and science fiction: the storyline was set 300 years into the future, and displays a possible new world. Planet Mall is a example of a disaster. The previous themes link to this as WWRY could be a sort of predicted insight into what the future will be like socially/politically/historically if these topics aren't discussed or acknowledged.