It was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, the sung-via musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, that impressed Leila Alvares to create musicals herself, greater than three a long time in the past. “I was studying abroad at that time and told myself that when I go back to India, I would do Joseph,” says the founder and president of the CAUSE Foundation (Co-operation of the Arts for the Underprivileged in Society and Environment), a non-revenue organisation that promotes native expertise and donates income from musical productions to charities.
Not solely did she certainly do Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat a number of instances in Bengaluru, however since 1997, the CAUSE Foundation has been staging a musical yearly. These embody classics like The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Grease, The Addams Family, Something Rotten and Monty Python’s Spamalot. Now, greater than 28 years later, the inspiration is all equipped for his or her subsequent one: We Will Rock You, a futuristic, jukebox musical, written by Ben Elton and set to the legendary music of Queen.
The musical, set in a bleak, dystopian world, “a very Orwellian kind of thing,” tells the story of two individuals who be a part of the Bohemians, a bunch of rock rebels, and their battle to restore freedom and individuality on this totalitarian world. “I grew up with Queen, and while I’m not saying it was my favourite band ― I preferred ABBA and Boney M, there were certain songs, like We are the Champions and We will Rock You, that I loved,” says Leila.
The play can be a nod to the age of social media algorithms, the place know-how continuously dangers eroding individuality. “This musical was written in 2002 and was slightly ahead of its time,” she says, admitting that whereas the play is entertaining, it does have an essential message.
“The underlying thing is that these people want to bring back individuality, people making their own decisions and thinking for themselves rather than have other people or even AI thinking for you.”
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The forged of We Will Rock You contains Rahael Thomas, Samiksha Chawla, Deepa Jacob, Kieren Alvares Lynn, Arvind Kasthuri, Aakarsh Paul, Trisha Purohit, Shyju Varkey and Prem Koshy. As with each musical by the CAUSE Foundation, income will probably be donated to good causes in Bengaluru in addition to within the different cities the play goes to. “We make sure that we donate to an animal charity, because that is very close to my heart, and a human charity, too,” she says.
We Will Rock You will probably be held at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru, on August 30 and 31, at 7:15 pm (each days) & 11:15 am (solely on August 31). A present may even be held on the MLR Convention Centre, Whitefield, on September 6 at 7:15 pm. Tickets, priced at ₹ 1000, ₹ 800, ₹ 499, and ₹ 300, can be found on GuideMyPresent or by calling Kavitha (98844169903).
