We Will Rock You - Credits

This page includes brief credits of the musical, listing some of the main people involved in it's development, production and performance. Unless specified, the details refer to the original London production from 2002 onwards. Unfortunately, cast changes don't seem to be publicised often, so the details here are far from complete.

Main Credits
Production Credits

London Band - 2002 onwards
Touring Band - 2009 onwards

London Cast - 2002-2004
London Cast - 2004-2005
London Cast - 2005-2006
London Cast - 2010-2011
London Cast - 2012
Touring Cast - 2009

Main Credits
Music and lyrics by Queen
Story and script by Ben Elton
Musical supervisors: Mike Dixon, Brian May and Roger Taylor
Vocal Harmony Arrangements: Brian May and Mike Dixon
Directed by Christopher Renshaw

Production Credits
Orchestrator: Steve Sidwell
Production Designer: Mark Fisher
Lighting Designer: Willie Williams
Sound Designer: Bobby Aitken
Costume Designer: Tim Goodchild
Video Directors: Mark Fisher & Willie Williams
Fight Director: Gordon Alexander
Casting Director: Pippa Ailion
US Casting: Bernard Telsey Casting
Musical Staging & Choreography: Arlene Phillips

The Band
All songs in the musical are performed live by the band, who are situated to the left and right of the stage in the scaffolding backdrop (the orchestra pit is used for special effects).

London Band, 2002 Onwards:
Piano: Mike Dixon
Keyboards: Spike Edney and Andy Smith
Keyboard and Synthesiser Programming: Jeff Leach
Guitars: Laurie Wisefield and Alan Darby
Bass: Neil Murray
Drums: Tony Bourke
Percussion: Julian Poole
Orchestrator: Steve Sidwell

Touring Band, 2009:
Musical Director: David Beer
Assistant Musical Director: Jim Henson
Keyboard: Irvin Duguid
Guitars: Simon Croft and James Barber
Bass: Nathan Welch
Drums: Rufus Taylor (Roger's son)
Percussion: Matt McLaughlin

The Cast

London Cast, April 2002 - April 2004:
Pop - Nigel Planer
Khashoggi - played by Alexander Hanson until October 2002, and then by Clive Carter
Gallileo Figaro - played by Tony Vincent until late 2003, and then by Mig Ayesa
Scaramouche - Hannah Jane Fox
Killer Queen - Sharon D. Clarke
Britney - Nigel Clauzel
Meat - Kerry Ellis

London Cast, April 2004 - April 2005:
Pop - Mark Arden
Khashoggi - Clive Carter
Gallileo Figaro - Mig Ayesa
Scaramouche - Hannah Jane Fox
Killer Queen - Mazz Murray
Britney - Nigel Clauzel
Meat - Jenna Lee-James

London Cast, April 2005 - January 2006:
Pop - Jeff Shankley
Khashoggi - Alex Bourne
Gallileo Figaro - Mig Ayesa
Scaramouche - Hannah Jane Fox
Killer Queen - Mazz Murray
Britney - Colin Charles
Meat - Jenna Lee-James

London Cast, 2010 - 2011:
Pop - Kevin Kennedy
Khashoggi - Alex Bourne
Gallileo Figaro - Ricardo Afonso
Scaramouche - Sarah French
Killer Queen - Brenda Edwards
Britney - Ian Carlyle
Meat - Rachel John

London Cast, 2012:
Pop - Kevin Kennedy
Khashoggi - Alasdair Harvey
Gallileo Figaro - Noel Sullivan
Scaramouche - Lauren Samuels
Killer Queen - Brenda Edwards
Britney - Wayne Robinson
Meat - Rachel John

Touring Cast, 2009:
Pop - Kevin Kennedy
Khashoggi - Jonathan Wilkes
Gallileo Figaro - Alex Gaumond
Scaramouche - Sarah French-Ellis
Killer Queen - Brenda Edwards
Britney - Wayne A. Robinson
Meat - Georgina Hagen

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