The Balor Arts Centre in Ballybofey brings its new summer musical to audiences at the end of the month.
From the local director behind the original Crazy Nights, Hairspray 2024 and the Hit Factory 2023, Caroline Bell, We Will Rock You brings the music of the iconic band Queen to life on stage. Musical director Alice Gildea and choreographer Katriona McNamee also bring talents to make this show a spectacle for audiences.
Written by Ben Elton, the story uses over 20 Queen songs in a robotic future. 300 years from now, in a futuristic and globally corporate world, Planet Earth (renamed the iPlanet) is controlled by the Globalsoft Corporation whose head, the sinister Killer Queen, has banned all non-computer-generated music.
Hearing of a prophecy that ‘The Dreamer’ will emerge from the people to show the way to a legendary electric guitar hidden somewhere on the planet, she orders her Chief of Police, Khashoggi, to crush any uprising.
Galileo, a young outsider, is desperate to “break free” from this corporate world. He hears lyrics in his dreams and is heralded as the star of the prophecy by the Bohemians who have been searching for the lost instrument. To fulfil the prophecy. Galileo must evade the clutches of the Killer Queen and finally bring back the music by finding Rock’s Holy Grail– Brian May’s guitar–buried in the remains of Wembley Stadium.
Musical director Alice Gildea and choreographer Katriona McNamee also bring talents to make this show a spectacle for audiences.
Every summer Balor DCA brings together the cream of young local talent to produce the Balor Summer Musical, an annual highlight with the creative dream team.
The show will run in Ballybofey on dates July 31 and August 1, 3, 4, and 2026.
Parental discretion advised for children under 10 years old.
Tickets are on sale now by calling box office on 0749131840 or online at www.balorartscentre.com