David Bowie s Lazarus gets virtual reality treatment

London April 14 (IANS) Late rock star David Bowie s musical Lazarus is set to become a virtual reality experience.

The acclaimed show which features music and lyrics composed by Bowie is now going to be given a virtual reality experience at the Victoria and Albert Museum s 2017 Performance Festival which will take place later this month here reports femalefirst.co.uk.

According to the website What s On Stage footage of the musical is to be screened during the From VHS To VR event on April 30.

The experience will also feature musical performers Michael C Hall Amy Lennox and Sophia Anne Caruso.

Bowie who died of liver cancer in January last year had dreamed of creating a production for Broadway and London s West End during his childhood.

But the music icon admitted to scrapping plans to write The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and George Orwell s 1984 for the stage before he eventually worked on Lazarus.

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