In pictures: LMT deliver on We Will Rock You promise with Dobbie Hall show

Larbert Musical Theatre brought the company’s usual verve and energy to the stage – along with their talent in abundance.

Time after time this group of skilled amateurs put on a show that has the audiences on their feet calling for more and We Will Rock You is no exception.

I’ve always thought the storyline of this musical is rather weak, apologies to Ben Elton who wrote the script, but it more than makes up for it in the amazing musical numbers by Queen.

For those unfamiliar with the story We Will Rock You features a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the “free exchange of thought and fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same”. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown.

In his programme notes, LMT director Derek D. Easton says he has wanted to put on this musical for the last decade and he finally gets his wish with this energetic production. Also great forward thinking on his part to know that in 2026 he would have so many amazing young people to fill the leading roles.

From the moment that the curtain rises on the iPlanet, formerly earth, we are treated from some great performance, and not just from the leads but also the enthusiastic company.

Radio Ga Ga sets the scene before we are treated to I Want to Break Free from our hero Galileo Figaro, so ably played by Joshua Fleming, and Scaramouche, the delightful Lynsey Craig. Her vocals on Somebody to Love are one of this show’s highlights, but this young woman can’t just sing she has comic timing on the delivery of her lines down to perfection.

Another show-stopping moment was from Sophie Fairgrieve in the role of Oz when she performs No One But You (Only the Good Die Young).

Her interaction with Brit (Jamie McArthur) is also excellent, highlighted in their performance of I Want It All. For Jamie this role makes a welcome return to playing a good guy rather than the panto baddie we’ve become used to in recent LMT shows.

Tracy Allan makes a wonderful Killer Queen, the global leader who wants to crush any rebellion, and she certainly commands the stage whenever she appears both with her presence and singing – A Kind of Magic, Fat Bottomed Girls, Another One Bites the Dust and, of course, Killer Queen, are just some of her moments in the spotlight.

LMT stalwart Stewart Borthwick brings his comic timing to the role of Buddy, as well as high fine singing voice, while Iain Davidson plays Khashoggi, the Killer Queen’s police chief, with all the necessary evil.

The production ends on a high with the legendary Queen numbers, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, and of course, Bohemian Rhapsody where once again Joshua Fleming’s fine singing takes centre stage.

But this is a show where the whole cast are stars and congratulations to production team of director Derek D. Easton, choreographer Yolande Borthwick and musical director Jan Cunningham for once again delivering such a captivating production.

We Will Rock You runs at the Dobbie Hall until Saturday, May 16.

Cast: Galileo Figaro – Joshua Fleming; Scaramouche – Lynsey Craig; Killer Queen – Tracy Allan; Khashoggi – Iain Davidson; Buddy – Stewart Borthwick; Brit – Jamie McArthur; Oz – Sophie Fairgrieve.

Teen Queens: Emily Ferguson, Samantha McKinlay, Megan O’Neil, Kirsten McConnachie, Clare McAlea, Louise Harper; Teacher – Lewis Rosser; The Super Yuppies – Chloe Gibson, Lorna Zanre, Tom Holden, Elaine Campbell-Swan, Jennifer Brisbane, Karyn Russell.

Gaga Kids, staff and Bohemians: Lucy Andrew, Yolande Borthwick, Jennifer Brisbane, Tristan Boyle, John Coe, Jeanna Connell, Claire Coyne, Esther Coyne, Kim Dickenson, Gill Docherty, Carole Fleming, Amy Gallacher, Gordon Gallacher, Claire Gentles, Dani Gibson, Jillian Govan, Dale Henry, George Howkin, Christine Jenkins, Yvonne Kelly, Misha May Khalaf, Duncan Lindsay, Hugh Lyon, Robyn McKinnon, Shelley McLaren, Ashley Main, Samantha Main, Chrissy Montague, Margaret Nolan, Norry Robb, Greer Robertson, Fiona Rosser, Robbie Scotland, Chiara Vezzani and Liz Wilson.