Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot
The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?When Steve Hanley joined Manchester post-punk group the Fall, he expected to be playing bass guitar, not the pope on the London stage.“I was the new pope,” remembers the musician. “I had a full pope suit on wi…
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