WE WILL ROCK YOU. THE MUSICAL

This fantastic show was first premiered in the West End in 2002.  However, the idea for the show goes back to the 1990’s when Queen’s manager, Jim Beach approached comic Ben Elton with an idea for a ‘jukebox’ style musical.  Two members of Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor then collaborated with Elton on this project.  However, when it comes to the rather unusual storyline then credit must go to Ben Elton who suggested putting together a frankly weird storyline to Queen’s music.
From its first beginnings, this show has grown to be one of the most popular musicals in the West End.  It features many of the greatest hits by Queen, in fact, more than 25 of their songs are used and these include such memorable hits as ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and of course, ‘We Will Rock You’.
A look at a dystopian future with echoes of Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’, this musical will have you singing along to the fantastic tunes as well as cheering on the rebels in their fight to win back live music!
The setting for the musical is 300 years in the future.  Planet Earth has been renamed ‘Planet Mall’ and is ruled by the repressive Globalsoft Corporation.  The head of this totalitarian regime is the Killer Queen.  The regime has stifled personal freedom and individualism.  Conformity is the norm.  This is a planet in which there is no personal expression: every citizen looks the same, dresses the same and even thinks the same! 
All forms of creative expression are banned which includes live music.  Only the official music, available as a download via the Corporation’s computers is allowed.  This is an age of manufactured music which is then played by boy/girl bands.  Innovation is banned.  Invention is banned.  Music is programmed and then played.
Any attempt to produce original material is suppressed.  All acts of subversion are punished by Corporation brainwashing.
However, not everyone falls into line and a group of ‘freedom fighters’ have sworn to oppose the totalitarian regime and win back live music, free thought and personal freedom in general.
Named ‘The Bohemians’, this motley crew which includes two heroes, Scaramouche and Galileo, set out on a journey to bring back the good times, a golden age of music and creativity which they named ‘Rhapsody’.  A time when people wrote their own songs and formed their own bands.  A time of live music!
They are aided in their quest by a character called ‘Pop’, a former Bohemian, and together they search for the ‘Mighty Axe of The Hairy One’ which is a guitar hidden in a wall of the now derelict Wembley Stadium.  This guitar belonged to a great guitar god and if found will restore that golden age.
Who is that powerful god?  Is it one of the Bohemians?  Is it Galileo? 
Whoever it is, our intrepid explorers are pursued by the official ‘Ga Ga’ Cops who are determined to arrest Galileo before parading him in front of the notorious Killer Queen.  Her judgement will be a harsh one: condemned to oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rye. 
A fate worse than death! Do are heroes find the mighty axe?  Do they manage to thwart the evil Killer Queen and bring back live music and freedom to the citizens of Planet Mall?
This not to be missed musical will provide those answers and many more!

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The importance of learning languagues...

3º ESO. Eddie Izzard - Being Bilingual. The guy you read about in the exam. The one who ran 43 marathons in 51 days to raise money for Sports Aid

1º BACH.

Rachel, if you click on the label "1º Bacharelato" right up here,  you will find the exercise you needed.

LET'S COOK! HAVE A LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENTARY BY CHEF JOSÉ ANDRÉS.

Watch the video about the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and answer the following questions.

http://gu.com/p/3e7d5

1.       How long has he been working on the project?

2.       How does R. Fiennes feel?

3.       What is the first aim of the project?

4.       What is the aim that is not going to be fulfilled?

5.       Who was going to carry it out?

6.       What are other aims? 
7.    What charity organization will benefit from the expedition?

We are golden lip dub. 3º ESO BILINGÜE

3º ESO. Shakira's Speech at Oxford Union. She is also involved in a charity organization. Don't expect to see her moving her hips today though!!!

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. THE BOOK

 

Since its publication in 1999, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has inspired a generation, touched the lives of many, and become a passionate favourite of readers around the world.
Read testimonials here:

http://perks-of-being-a-wallflower.com/read.html

The Perks of Being a Wallflower. THE FILM.

Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope-and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

THE FILM
Quotes.

1. ·  Charlie: Dad, can I have 30 dollars?
2. Father: 20 dollars? What do you need 10 dollars for?

– Submitted by Yoga L (17 days ago)

1. ·  Charlie: I know we'll all become somebody-we'll all become old photographs and we'll all become somebody's mom and dad. Right now these moments are not stories, this is happening. I'm here and I'm looking at her. And she is so beautiful.

– Submitted by Yoga L (17 days ago)

1. ·  Charlie: Touch my friends again and I'll blind you.

– Submitted by Shen S (30 days ago)

1. ·  Charlie: So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. and maybe we'll never know most of them. but even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. we can still do things. and we can try to feel okay about them.

– Submitted by Maruf I (37 days ago)

1. ·  Patrick: Charlie, I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl in the room on the lips. And notice, I deliberately said girl and not person cause, let's face it, I'd smoke all of you bitces!

– Submitted by Despina P (40 days ago)

1. ·  Patrick: Call it slut and the falcon.

– Submitted by Brendan C (40 days ago)

1. ·  Sam: You put the ass in class.

– Submitted by Sofia M (42 days ago)

1. ·  Charlie: I know who you are Sam. I...I know I'm quiet, and I know that I should speak more, but if you knew the things that were in my head the most of the time you'd know what it really meant...how much we are alike, how we've been through the same things...and you're not small...you're beautiful.

– Submitted by Sarah K (47 days ago)

If you want to go on reading :

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_perks_of_being_a_wallflower/quotes/