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For months I had
hoped to get a ticket for this WWRY Premiere in Cologne, but the
odds seemed to be against me for a very long time.
Only in the last week there came this opportunity, as mentioned
on Brian May's website, to order the last tickets through the
German ticket-office. We (the friends with whom I have travelled
to London so often and myself) managed to buy tickets so finally
it was going to happen again! We knew we were going to meet more
friends there because some were able to get tickets through the
Dutch Queen Fan Club.
"It's Winter Fall" so we arrived in a freezing cold
Cologne. We were happy to park the car right under the Musical
Dome (the WWRY theater), collected our tickets and then strolled
through the crowded streets of Cologne. In this time of the year
one cannot escape the smell and scent of Christmas that fills
the historical streets of this town. There isn't much
advertising about the musical in the city streets at the moment
but I'm sure this will change.
We made sure we got back to the Musical Dome in time to see who
would walk on the red carpet. There we were joined by more Dutch,
Belgian and German friends with whom we have shared so many
great occasions concerning Queen. We all were lucky to get hold
of those (expensive!) premiere tickets. We also met some guys
from France. They did not have tickets, but made the journey
anyway.
Through Hannie and Anja from the Dutch Queen Fan Club we
received the special entrance tickets for the Queen afterparty.
These came along with our Premiere tickets. We did not recognize
many of the German guests/celebrities that entered the Musical
Dome, but at the very last minute there they were: Brian May and
Roger Taylor quickly came inside. It took them less than a
minute it seemed, to go to their seats! We hurried to get to our
own places and then the musical started.
As expected this German cast is great too. Personally I
appreciate the Dominion cast more, but of course by now we know
them so well and also the British humor is better to understand
for us, than the German humor. It was refreshing to see
new stage elements and to notice where the script was changed
for the German public. It proved to be very funny and
recognisable for them. Those responsible for the
script, like Ben Elton, did an amazing job to achieve this. At
the end of the show, Brian and Roger shortly went on stage.
And then there was the afterparty, held at the Flora. This is an
historical building, formerly a greenhouse built in the 19th
century, and nowadays used as a luxurious banqueting place. The
historic ballroom was crowded when the WWRY cast began their
performances. Then after a short break Brian and Roger came on
stage and did a fantastic show. This really seemed to be a
"warming up" for the announced tour of Brian and Roger
for coming Spring. It was really fantastic to hear them play the
Queentracks I'm In Love With My Car, The Show Must Go On,
Sleeping On The Sidewalk, Don't Stop Me Now and more.
We managed to have a place right at the stage, as close to our
heroes as we could get. The old songs made me relive listening
to the Queen albums in the early days.
By the way, it was absolutely forbidden to take pictures while
Brian and Roger were on stage. Jim Beach made that perfectly
clear!
The setlist was:
Now I'm here (WWRY cast)
Tie Your Mother Down
I'm in Love with My Car
Little Wing
Don't Stop Me Now
Sleeping on the Sidewalk
The Show must go On
Rock & Roll
With A Little Help From My Friends
It really showed that Brian and Roger are true friends. They had
a great time playing together. You can tell they are having fun,
those two old buddies. I sure look forward to see them touring
again.
We left at 03.00 hrs totally exhausted and completely over the
moon after this spectacular evening.
Again our visit to the We Will Rock You musical was an
experience to remember!
Again our visit to the We Will Rock You musical was an
experience to remember!
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