We Will Rock You Synopsis

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ACT ONE  (Song Titles In Bold)

We Will Rock You is set 300 years in the future in a vaguely Orwellian world. The earth has been renamed as "Planet Mall", and is controlled by thecorporation Globalsoft. ("Inuendo") On Planet Mall, mainstream commercial conformity reigns, in which Ga Ga Kids watch the same movies, listen to the same computer-generated music, wear the same clothes and all hold and share the same thoughts and opinions. Musical instruments are forbidden, and rock music is totally unknown. (" Radio Ga Ga")

In the newest graduating class is Galileo, a 'black sheep' who has his own dreams and hears strange words in his head, most of which are lyrics of songs long since lost, though he does not understand their significance. Despite the advice of his teacher, Galileo refuses to conform like the rest of his classmates. (" I Want To Break Free") Galileo is captured by Khashoggi, the commander of Globalsoft's police. The teacher also reveals a second anomaly, a young goth girl who is openly mocked and derided by all her peers (" Somebody To Love"). She is also then arrested by Khashoggi.

The ruler of the Globalsoft Corporation is the Killer Queen. ("Killer Queen") who has heard of a prophecy that musical instruments have been hidden somewhere on Planet Mall in the "place of living rock", and a "bright star" will show the way to find them. She orders Khashoggi to get to the bottom of the matter and crush the rebel Bohemians who believe in the prophecy. The Killer Queen then basks in her power over Planet Mall. ("Play The Game")

Galileo and the goth girl wake up in a hospital ("Death On Two Legs") and realize that they are both kindred spirits, feared by the rest of their society. ("Under Pressure") They then flee together from the hospital.

The Killer Queen has blown up all the rocks on Planet Mall, but cannot find any supposed hidden instruments. She insists that the corporation has won, and the prophecy will not come to pass. ("A Kind Of Magic")

Back on the streets, two Bohemians Brit and Meat climb out of the sewers, where they have been gathering materials to make musical instruments. Brit is a believer in the Dreamer who will fulfil the prophecy, and insists to the more cynical Meat that it's the key to bringing real rock music back into the world. ("I Want It All") Brit and Meat then hear footsteps approaching, and hide.

Galileo and the girl arrive, with Galileo talking about his belief that he has a destiny to fulfil. He says that he has a name for the woman: "Scaramouche". Brit and Meat reveal themselves, and accuse Galileo and Scaramouche of spying for the corporation, because Galileo keeps spouting words of the "sacred text". Galileo insists that he only hears those words in his head. Brit tests Galileo, singing the first few lines of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Galileo responds correctly with the subsequent lines, and Brit realises that he is the Dreamer in the prophecy. They bring Galileo and Scaramouche to the Heartbreak Hotel, which is located at the ruins of the Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, where the Bohemians have made their home. ("Headlong")

The Bohemians explain that they take their names after singers long gone, and that they mourn the deaths of those who died young. (" No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)") The group then celebrate the reason rock bands started playing their music in the first place, which was for love. ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love")

Khashoggi and the police suddenly arrive at the Heartbreak Hotel, and round up the Bohemians for capture. Brit breaks free and battles the police in order to enable Galileo and Scaramouche to escape, but is killed in the process. ("Ogre Battle")

ACT TWO

The Ga Ga Kids of Planet Mall move on in their usual fashion. ("One Vision")

Galileo and Scaramouche have escaped from the Heartbreak Hotel, and realise that tracking devices were installed in their heads back at the hospital. They remove them, and upon realizing that they are all that's left of the rebels, they confess their love for each other. ("Who Wants To Live Forever")

The surviving Bohemians have been rounded up by Khashoggi and are to be tortured. ("Flash") When he cannot get any information from them about the prophecy, Khashoggi has them brain-drained. ("Seven Seas Of Rye"- Interpolating "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon")

Galileo wakes up, and tells Scaramouche that he has had a dream that the Bohemians were all sent to the Seven Seas of Rhye. Scaramouche agrees they will have to go there, but then Galileo insists that she must stay because she's a "chick", to which Scaramouche takes offense. They argue, and decide that they will both go to the Seven Seas of Rhye, but their relationship must be purely professional.

Back at the headquarters of Globalsoft ("Fat Bottomed Girls") Khashoggi reports that the Bohemians will no longer be a problem. The Killer Queen prematurely starts to celebrate. ("Don't Stop Me Now") Khashoggi interrupts her, explaining that Galileo and Scaramouche have somehow escaped. Killer Queen declares this is the last time Khashoggi has disappointed her, and has him brain-drained. ("Another One Bites The Dust")

Galileo and Scaramouche make their way to the Seven Seas of Rhye, and arguing all the way. ("Hammer to Fall") At the Seven Seas of Rhye pub, Pop the librarian is serving up drinks to the lifeless Bohemians. ("These Are The Days Of Our Lives") When Galileo and Scaramouche arrive, Pop explains the full nature of the prophecy to them as inscribed by the three remaining members of the band Queen just before they were handed the death sentence. Scaramouche figures out that the bright shining star of the prophecy is Queen rock star Freddie Mercury's statue, and that it's pointing to Wembley Stadium, which is the "place of living rock". After initially preparing to travel by bicycle, (opening of "Bicycle Race")Scaramouche protests that the method "isn't very cool", and so they travel there by motorbike. ("Headlong (reprise)")

Wembley Stadium is in ruins, and there are no instruments to be found. Reconciling and their love for each other rekindled ("Love Of My Life"), Scaramouche inspires Galileo to perform the opening of "We Will Rock You", and suddenly an electric guitar is revealed. Galileo cannot play it, but Scaramouche can. ("Brighton Rock solo") Pop hacks into Globalsoft's network so that their music can be heard by everyone on the entire Planet Mall, and Killer Queen is defeated. ("Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions")

After the curtain calls ("We Will Rock You"), a question appears that says "Do you want "Bohemian Rhapsody"?" Everybody in the audience is supposed to yell yes, which is answered "Oh...alright then" and the entire cast perform "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a rousing encore!

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