Tatachilla students have delivered five, foot-stomping performances of Ben Elton’s homage to rock n’ roll.

More than 100 cast and crew members from Years 7-12 took to the stage last week to tell the compelling story of the re-birth of rock music in a post-apocalyptic world. 

We Will Rock You, a musical conceived by British comedian and playwright Ben Elton and featuring the greatest hits of seventies rockstar Feddie Mercury and his band Queen, enabled Tatachilla students to showcase their talents in storytelling and musicianship while bringing audiences along for a righteous rock n’ roll crusade.

The college’s 2025 musical will be remembered for a very long time, not only for its bold anthems and powerful guitar riffs, but for the impactful messages about individuality, personal freedom and the importance of standing up against totalitarianism. 

We Will Rock You also highlighted the power of original music to bring hope and meaning to all our lives, especially in an age of AI-generated tunes.

The script followed a group of young rebels – led by two protagonists, the idealistic Galileo and the sharp-tongued Scaramouche – as they tried to restore the lost art of rock ‘n’ roll to a washed-out, musically-depleted universe governed by a tyrannical global corporation.

More than 1,000 theatre-goers came to watch the show during performance week.

The college heartily congratulates all of its student-actors, instrumentalists, choristers, dancers and aspiring AV specialists who brought We Will Rock You to life and demonstrated for audiences what the performing arts are all about at Tatachilla.

The show not only represented a major cultural highlight of the school year but was also a wonderful opportunity for our student-creatives to participate in a public performance of significant scope and scale. 

At Tatachilla we know that an arts-rich education can have a profoundly positive impact on student confidence and self-expression. We are grateful to have such a strong performing arts culture that allows our students to develop lifelong skills in stagecraft, collaboration, problem-solving, higher order thinking and communication.

More information on college musicals can be found on our growth opportunities page.