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WE WILL ROCK YOU TO CLOSE AT LONDON’S DOMINION THEATRE AFTER A VICTORIOUS 12 YEAR REIGN
Storming into its tenth year as one of the West End’s most successful shows, Queen & Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You has announced that one of the UK’s most loved and best recognised actors, Kevin Kennedy will join the new cast starting on September 6th. Kevin, best known for his role of Curly Watts in TV’s Coronation Street, which he held for twenty years between 1983 – 2003 appearing in 334 episodes, will take on the part of Pop, the ‘hippie’ who alone knows the secrets of the ‘hidden rock’ and will take any measures to keep them concealed.

Having rocked over 6.5 million people in a record-breaking 12 years at the London's Dominion Theatre, the smash hit Queen & Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You is due finally to close on 31 May 2014. Now the longest running show ever at the Dominion by a margin of nine years, the show takes its rightful place in West End history, sitting proudly in the Top 10 longest running musicals of all time

The show has now been performed in 28 countries around the globe, and has been seen by a more than 16 million people.

From its opening night at the Dominion on 14 May 2002, We Will Rock You quickly became the overwhelming people’s choice of musical in the UK and overseas. In its second year at the Dominion it won top honours in five categories in the Theatregoers Choice awards presented by whatsonstage.com, including Best New Musical. In 2011, nine years after the curtain first went up, the show won the prestigious Olivier Audience Award, the only category voted for entirely by the public. The show went on to win a number of international awards for productions around the globe.

When the show closes on 31 May 2014, it will have been performed at the Dominion an astonishing 4600 times. Co-creators Brian May, Roger Taylor and Ben Elton had this to say: "We want to thank every one of the many hundreds of incredible musical theatre artists, musicians and crew with whom we've had the privilege of working at the Dominion since 2002. And of course the incredible audiences who have rewarded them with over four and a half thousand standing ovations!”

London’s West End will suddenly be a lot quieter, come the 1st of June.