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We Will Rock You celebrates 11 years

On Tuesday 14^th May 2013 We Will Rock You the musical in London celebrated the incredible milestone of 11 years at the Dominion theatre in the heart of the West End.

The show in London has been rocking audiences at the Dominion now since 2002, and continues as the longest ever running show at the Dominion theatre.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the mysterious missing part

The show must go on is the old adage. But not in the case of the new West End musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.

Yesterday, our very own Nicci travelled up to Leeds to watch The Full Monty at the Leeds Grand Theatre. The production is currently touring the country, ahead of its arrival in London's West End early next year.

Here's what Nicci thought of the production:

The Lion King on the prowl

Disney's The Lion King continues its promotional tour of the U.K. with a seven week run in Liverpool. It will be the largest show seen in Liverpool since Luis Suarez's dying swan act at Goodison in the Everton derby.

The Lion King is following in the footsteps of that other creature brought to life by Disney, Beauty and the Beast, which played at the Empire theatre 12 years ago. It is the longest theatrical run at the Empire since Chitty Chitty Bang Bang visited for nine weeks in 2006.

We Will Rock You in London celebrates 11 years.

On the 14^th May 2013 the show We Will Rock You will be celebrating 11 years at the Dominion theatre in London.

We Will Rock You is now the longest-running show ever at the Dominion theatre in London, a huge feat considering that the Dominion is one of the largest theatres in the West End with a seating capacity of 2,163.

We Will Rock You is now officially the 9th longest running show in the West End, and expect it to be rocking for a few more years yet.

More tickets on sale for Wicked

More tickets are now on sale for the sensational hit musical, Wicked at the Apollo Victoria theatre in London.

Due to the enormous popularity of the show in London bookings have been extended through until the 24^th April 2014. Such is the demand for tickets that the show continues to pack audiences out and is now booking a year in advance.

We Will Rock You star Ricardo Afonso favourite to win The Voice

Former We Will Rock You star Ricardo Afonso is emerging as the clear favourite to win the BBC’s singing talent show The Voice. With the blind audition stage now at an end the conrestants prepare to battle it out head-to-head as the selected teams are whittled down to just six per coach.

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We Will Rock You's Galileo wows the Voice judges

On Saturday 38-year-old West End stage actor and former star of We Will Rock You, Ricardo Afonso, passed the blind auditions on the reality show The Voice to become part of team Danny.

Ricardo moved to the UK from his home in sunny Portugal in 2005, and despite never having received any formal vocal or dance training he landed the role of Galileo in the hit musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion theatre.

The Lion King the musical really proved it is the show for everyone with a recent performance specifically aimed at the autistic.

The first such performance of its kind in London’s West End saw Disney’s The Lion King stage an autistic friendly show at the Lyceum theatre.

The producers, theatre managers and autism charities worked for months on the performance for children and adults who would normally struggle to cope with a trip to the theatre in London.