We Will Rock You – Dominion Theatre 23.07.2013

Third time for me at the Dominion, and I would finally see Ross Aldred as Brit for the first time and Emma Hatton again for the 2nd time, which I had been hoping since the day I had booked my ticket.

Before I went inside, I was pretty nervous, as this would be the first time I would finally be meeting two girls I knew from twitter, Alison & Sarah. Therefor I went to my seat pretty late, and as I was approaching it, I could already make out Alison’s red hair – it’s too bright to not notice 😀 I went up to both of them, and when they saw me, it was like we knew each other for a long time, as if this wouldn’t be the first time we met. We hugged, chatted away, and I was so relieved when I realized I haven’t forgotten my english, which I use to whenever I have to talk to native british inheritans *lol* Sarah told me I had the best seat when it came to Oliver Tompsett’s performance, as he would fall down on his knees right infront of him, and I assured her he would still be his, no matter what ^^

Then the show started, and what can I say: it was flawless. Ross was simply amazing as Brit; I was honestly really happy I finally had someone in that role who’s accent I could understand properly, as I always had difficulties understanding Wayne Robinson. Moreover, Ross’ voice was wonderful to listen to, and he and Rachel John were SO good together, I can’t even. I don’t think I have to say anything about Rachel’s perfomance; she blew me away again, and already at the first few notes of “(No-One But You) Only The Good Die Young”, she completely got to me, and I had no control at all over the tears that were flowing out of my eyes like they were leaking. She was so absolutely wonderful again, and I can’t think of anybody who ever had that kind of impact with singing that song like she had and always has. Oliver Tompsett was as flawless as he always is; seriously, there is never even the slightest negative thing I can say about his performance. Every single note is perfect and gives me the strongest goosebumps, whenever he sings, it goes right into my heart and touches me deeply inside, no matter what song he is singing. And his acting and stupid little dancing is both breathtaking and hilarious. I really wish he could do that role forever, he definitely deserves it. Oh, and Emma Hatton…that lovely little woman! She was mindblowing, and she has improved SO much since the last time I had seen her. Her voice has definitely got even better than it already was, and those high notes she hits during “Somebody To Love”…holy shit, what a talent! I loved that I finally got to see her again, as she always had that special place in my heart for being my very 1st Scaramouche at the Dominion. Also, I caught myself more than once looking for Scott Monello on stage, who was part of the ensemble that night, and I always started smiling like an idiot when I made him out 😀

One thing about the show was a bit…weird for me, though. There was this moment just when “We Will Rock You” started…you have to know, from the 7 german performances I had been to just a month before, I was used to give the Cast full Standing Ovations from “We Will Rock You” to “Bohemian Rhapsody”. So of course, when the first few notes began, I was jumping out of my seat, clapping, and Oliver looked over to me, winked at me and nodded, all smiling. But when I noticed that I was the only one standing, I felt pretty weird and sat down again (which I honestly thought was pretty sad, as all the Cast deserves Standing Ovations so much!). During “We Are The Champions”, I sneaked out of my seat over to Alison and Sarah, squeezed myself right into their seats when I realized I wouldn’t be convincing enough to get them to stand up with me *lol* But Oli actually noticed all three of us anyways, as we were the ones cheering the loudest and longest, and seeing his happy and smiling and appreciative face was absolutely wonderful.

After the show,  we went round to the Stage Door, and we weren’t even there for more than 2 minutes when Oliver already came out. We chatted away, took pictures, and I finally gave him the small present I had brought for him, his wife Michelle and Baby George. He smiled, thanked and hugged me and sadly had to leave way to early…but I think I could start to fall for him, too *lol* (Sorry, Sarah :D)

After that, we caught some of the others – Emma Hatton (finally!!!), Rachel John, Ross Aldred & John McLarnon (I actually can’t believe I missed my beloved Scott, my very 1st Galileo at the Dominion, who was rushing off and too far away when I noticed he was out), – whom we got Autographs from and chatted away with. My camera was a total screw-up, with its setting being put on “manual”, which meant I had to focus and sharpen the pics by hand…resulting in test shots before the actual pictures. I hated it, but it got me a nice picture of Ross & Rachel, so I guess that’s okay 😉

It was a wonderful night, and I’m so glad that I finally met Alison and Sarah, who actually were one of the main reasons why this night (and the following day) were absolutely perfect and wonderful, and for that I will always be grateful ❤