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We Will Rock You review

“Bad production, good performances”
ReviewsJun 8, 2023by Tim BanoLondon Coliseum
Ben Elton in We Will Rock You at London Coliseum. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Ben Elton in We Will Rock You at London Coliseum. Photo: Manuel Harlan
Ben Elton’s Queen musical returns in a production worth seeing – if only because nothing comes close to the level of weird badness it attains

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Tim Bano is an award-winning arts journalist who has also written for the Guardian and Time Out, and worked as a producer on BBC Radio 4.

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