Bowie & Mercury Rising - Musical Review
What: Bowie & Mercury Rising When: 26 - 30 July 2017 Where: Chapel Off Chapel Written and directed by: Warren Wills Performed by: Jess Mortlock, Thando Sikwila, and Warren Wills Lighting by: Jason Bovaird Thando Sikwila Such amazing potential and timing to create a work of impact and significance has been missed completely by musical theatre artist Warren Wills . It has been a year since David Bowie and Freddie Mercury died and the nascent show Bowie & Mercury Rising , playing at Chapel Off Chapel this week was the perfect opportunity to celebrate their music, their lives, and continue a trajectory their music brings to their fans beyond number. This is what the audience wanted, needed, and was hoping for but instead we were in for a night of disjointed individualism, lack of insight, and almost unrecognisable musical self-indulgence on the part of Wills. I should begin by saying that getting the rights to perform any of Bowie's music (and most likely Me