Ben Elton News

The high-octane rock musical WE WILL ROCK YOU is set to tour Australia in an all-new arena production that will raise the roof of Entertainment Centres across the country from this October.

The upcoming documentary comes from Paramount. The studio acquired the rights to use The Bee Gees' songs on film in 2019.

From Plato to Freud, witches to suffragettes, discover everything you never knew you needed to know about the history of hysteria. In a riotous comedy-lecture, join Rebecca (along with a puppet or two) for an eye-opening expedition into this fascinating 'diagnosis' and follow her own personal quest to shake off a label that has been placed on women for over 2,500 years.

WE WILL ROCK YOU, Ben Elton’s (Book) jukebox musical tribute to iconic British rock band Queen is given the Packemin Productions large ensemble treatment under director Wayne Scott Kermond. 

Theater Resources Unlimited has announced their monthly panel Art and Activism: How Theater Can Open (and Change) Minds on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 6pm via Zoom. The Zoom session will open at 6pm for roundtable introductions of attendees, and the program will start at 6:30pm - come prepared with your best 20-second summary of who you are, and what you need.

West End stars have come together to pay musical tribute to legend Brian May with a rendition of Driven by You!

Star of the stage and screen Hugh Sheridan, journalist and musical theatre performer Gorgi Coghlan and humourist and social /political commentator Gretel Killeen will join John Foreman for Episode 7 of the weekly digital variety series Arts Centre Melbourne's Big Night In.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies streamed online this weekend, as part of The Shows Must Go On! In honor of the stream, lyricist Glenn Slater took to Twitter to answer some fan questions.

Following the closure of all UK theatres, the 2020 UK tour of Queen & Ben Elton's smash hit musical 'We Will Rock You' has been rescheduled for early 2021.

South Jersey will be getting rocked by the pilot of Theatrical Rights Worldwide's We Will Rock You Young@Part this Spring by the Woodruff School ACE Music Program. The program is made up of 50 talented middle school students aged 10 to 13 years old in 6th, 7th and 8th Grade.

Jeff Parry was raised in Ottawa, ON. His love of music began when he was 9 years old when he fell in love with The Beatles. He has always had a passion for. music, so after University, he moved out west to try to raise money to open a record store in Ottawa. He wound up staying in Alberta and rather than open a record store, in 1978, he started a concert promotion business, producing tribute shows. That evolved into becoming an agent and ultimately, a theatrical producer. I had the chance to speak with Parry on the eve of the Montreal run of the award winning musical, WE WILL ROCK YOU, a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton, which lands in Montreal on February 10.

WE WILL ROCK YOU il musical con le celebri canzoni dei Queen torna a Roma al Teatro Brancaccio con un nuovo allestimento. Pur rimanendo la stessa produzione, la regia in questa stagione è affidata a Michaela Berlini. Altri cambiamenti riguardano le scenografie, nuove coreografie, nuovi arrivi nel cast e un adattamento del libretto per 'italianizzare' leggermente la storia.

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a new Tony Kushner adaptation to an epic musical and Shakespeare sitcom, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features!

David Ian and the Really Useful Group has announced the first ever UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES. Following on from the sell-out North American tour, the spellbinding sequel to The Phantom of the Opera will open at Leicester Curve on Saturday 26 September 2020 where it will play until Saturday 10 October 2020. The show will then play Manchester Opera House from Wednesday 14 a?" Saturday 24 October 2020, with further venues and casting to be announced soon. On sale details below. www.loveneverdies.com/uktour

Imagine you are in a venue with hundreds of people packed around you, swaying and singing along to the music of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. You turn to your left and bob your head to the beat of a?oeI Want It Alla?? and later on, scream the lyrics to a?oeBohemian Rhapsodya?? with the woman on your right. This was just a snapshot of my experience seeing WE WILL ROCK YOU a?' a musical featuring the music of Queen and Ben Elton at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on January 11th. On it's North American tour including more than 60 cities, WE WILL ROCK YOU played in Vancouver for 2 days before continuing onto the rest of its tour stops across Canada.

Get ready because BroadwayWorld is giving you the chance to win tickets to see the music of Queen come to life on stage in the national tour of We Will Rock You! The winner will receive two tickets and a meet-and-greet at the show's December 27th performance at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Canada. The contest will run now through December 15th, at 11:59 PM EST. Be sure to enter for your chance to win TODAY!

Television and Broadway star Ruby Lewis is bringing holiday cheer to Orange County this Monday night, December 9th at Campus JAX with OC's favorite Hey Mister! Band. This one night only event will feature Ruby's soulful vocals along with Hey Misters! harmonies which have moved and mesmerized across the country. Joined by a 7-piece vocal band, the evening is guaranteed to get you in the spirit of the season. Tickets still available at www.campusjax.com/entertainment.

Full casting for Ben Elton's stage adaption of the critically acclaimed BBC TV sitcom Upstart Crow - which opens at the Gielgud Theatre on 7 February 2020 and will see David Mitchell make his West End debut - has been announced.

Having played to over 16-million theatergoers in 19 countries, WE WILL ROCK YOU will launch its North American tour next week at Hulu Theatre in New York City!