We Will Rock You - March 2009

Pictures from the Spring Term production of the Rock Musical by Queen with words by Ben Elton.

We Will Rock You Review


We Will Rock You! What an inspirational choice of musical for St Edwards School to Present following the outstanding success of Les Misérables. A show filled with great songs and a slightly shall we say unusual story line, what a great medium for the multi talented pupils to show off their amazing skills.

When David Moore told me that this was to be the next show I was thrilled and looked forward to seeing it immensely. I was not disappointed.

From the opening music this show was obviously going to be a success. The band of talented musicians ably led by Rob Hughes seems to thoroughly enjoy themselves throughout the show.
 
I thought that the casting of the main characters was brilliant. The first appearance of Pop ably portrayed as the ageing hippy by Billy Grace was soon followed by the ever impressive Barney Hughes as Galileo and Hannah Kerslake as Scaramouche. What never ceases to amaze me having now seen several, very varied St Edwards productions is the huge number of multi talented pupils the school seems to have. The above along with Olivia Davis (Killer Queen), George Creed (Khashoggi), Xaver Touschek (Britney) and Lucy Wright (Meat) all deserve praise for their outstanding performances. However it would be impossible and wrong not to also praise the entire chorus and other characters who delivered these great Queen songs along with dance routines to the usual high standard.

A show such as this also demands a great deal of support from a variety of pupils and staff especially considering the technical input needed for the various lighting, sound and stage production. Once again you have to wonder where does school find theses hugely talented youngsters.

To me the whole show was perfect but I would like to single out the duet between Scaramouche and Galileo which was delivered with such emotion that during this and also at other moments it was difficult to believe that this was a school production and not even one by a stage or drama school. These pupils fit all the rehearsals around the rest of their busy school days and sporting events and their commitment to these projects is fantastic.

Generally I would like to praise the enthusiasm and professionalism shown by the entire cast, all in all another huge success. The producer David Moore has done a fantastic job and should be extremely proud of this bunch of multi talented pupils.

Once again well done St Edwards, another production brilliantly executed by pupils who are a credit to the school. I look forward with anticipation to the next show!

Anne Edwards (parent of an OSE)