Not too Posh to push pop: when music rocks theatre

LMFAO's I'm Sexy and I Know It, Labyrinth, Wearing my Rolex … Few theatre shows have used contemporary music with the savviness of Laura Wade's play Posh. Why aren't there smarter soundtracks on stage?On paper, a Bullingdon Club-styled set of toffs performing an a cappella breakdown of LMFAO's I'm Sexy and I Know It sounds like the sort of cringeworthy event you might expect to see on The X Factor – probably during the audition stages. It shouldn't work on a West End stage. It definitely sho...

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