No doubt this Chinese New Year break will be spent by our aspiring young cempakan talents going through their parents' music records and singing around the relative's house to the upbeat tempo of the songs by Queen. Whether they're motivated by the dreams of being more than the regular John Doe this year or by the innate desire to be on a stage under the glittering spotlight, everyone's clamouring for a repeat of the glory from last year's Simba production.

            To begin with, aside from knowing that We Will Rock You is greatly related to a combination of two stomps and a clap, it is also a musical play based on the songs by Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. This musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members, Brian May and Roger Taylor.
            The story is set in the unspecified, vague future where everyone watches the same movies, wears the same style of clothing and thinks the same thoughts. Basically, they live a life of complete monotony and everything is predictably safe and un-opinionated; unless of course you are a rebel in need of Rock.

On Planet Mall, all musical instruments are banned and the Company Computers generate the tunes. It is an age of Boy Bands and of Girls Bands, of Boy and Girl Bands, and of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance; everything is prearranged, cast-ironed and scheduled. Furthermore, everything is controlled by a world-wide corporation known as Globalsoft, which is headed by the "Killer Queen" and the commander of her secret police, the conniving Khashoggi. Those daring enough to rise against the rule of conformity are kidnapped and "brain stormed" into submission.

But Resistance is growing and beneath the glittering cities live the "Bohemians" who believe that there was once a glorious age where music had originality. They call that time, The Rhapsody. The story revolves around Galileo Figaro as he battles with a thing called globalisation in hopes that originality will resurface and bands will be able to rock the world once more.