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Monstering the Rocketman review " Elton aims for the Sun in skewering of 80s tabloids by Mark Fisher

Pleasance Dome, EdinburghHeadlines punctuate Henry Naylor's play about the newspaper's campaign against Elton John and the multiple lawsuits launched by the singer Henry Naylor started out in comedy but the lines that get the biggest laughs in Monstering the Rocketman are not his. That credit goes to the subeditors on the Sun whose talent for writing headlines, as crass as they were inspired, was second to none. In t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM on August 13, 2025

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