
I still love Philip Larkin, have no qualms over David Bowie and enjoy the music of Kanye West. I don’t like cancel culture and understand the need to separate the art from the artist. So why do I feel so uncomfortable at the thought of the biggest opening in the West End this year?
MJ The Musical is moonwalking into Soho. Created by two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by the acclaimed Royal Ballet choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, this Michael Jackson musical has been a smash hit in the US, making £137 million at the box office with 1,204,693 rapturous fans in attendance.