The stars of “We Will Rock You” will soon be rocking Canadians across the country.

Mirvish Productions has announced that the production, which features the music of British icons Queen, will tour Canada after its final performance in Toronto on May 11.

The Toronto run will have lasted 61 weeks by then. The show, which won a Dora for best musical last year, was originally set to run for seven weeks but has been extended a number of times.

The original production of “We Will Rock You” is in its sixth year in London, and is currently also playing in countries including Germany and Spain.

David Mirvish said the show has “introduced live theatre to many young people, making them loyal theatregoers, if we are to judge by how often many of them have been to see ‘We Will Rock You.’”

The show was penned by English comedian, writer and director Ben Elton, with musical consultation from Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor. It follows a group of kids “fighting against the all-powerful Globalsoft Corporation that controls their lives and feeds them a diet of synthesized pop,” according to producers.

Details of the Canadian tour are pending.






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