The 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.

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