Taking Jesus Christ Superstar back to the rock arena
The rock world has been doing it for ages, of course; though I don't go to many, concert tours regularly seem to turn into fully-fledged theatrical presentations. The Pet Shop Boys, for instance, have regularly sought to make more of a show of their live appearances than just concerts, employing people like the late Derek Jarman, ENO's David Alden and David Fielding, Sam Taylor-Wood and theatre designer Es Devlin (wh…