Where does art that is half-theatre and half-gig fit in? Joe Muggs meets the creatives blurring artistic boundaries.
he deaths of Prince and David Bowie, whose musical Lazarus opened in London this week, were reminders of how theatrical the greatest rock stars can be. Yet there remains a gulf between the worlds of theatre and modern music (by which I mean pop, guitar bands, hip-hop, electronic sounds: anything that inhabits grassroots gig or club spaces rather than classical concert halls). That’s beginning to change with the rise of theatre presented as a gigs, such as Weekend Rockstars, and works such as the crazed J-pop explosion Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker at Lift festival... Keep reading on The Guardian
he deaths of Prince and David Bowie, whose musical Lazarus opened in London this week, were reminders of how theatrical the greatest rock stars can be. Yet there remains a gulf between the worlds of theatre and modern music (by which I mean pop, guitar bands, hip-hop, electronic sounds: anything that inhabits grassroots gig or club spaces rather than classical concert halls). That’s beginning to change with the rise of theatre presented as a gigs, such as Weekend Rockstars, and works such as the crazed J-pop explosion Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker at Lift festival... Keep reading on The Guardian