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It’s a second bite of the West End cherry for Conor McPherson’s musical beauty which takes the songs of Bob Dylan and weaves them into a loose narrative about the inhabitants of a Minnesota boarding house in 1934. There is a new cast, including the brilliant Anna-Jane Casey, for what is not a traditional juke box musical but rather a haunting and often painfully lovely evocation of the effect of the Great Depression on ordinary people’s lives. It doesn’t always choose Dylan’s most obvious songs and it’s all the more entrancing because of it. An exquisitely textured and moody evening.
About Girl from the North Country
1934. A time-weathered guesthouse in the heartland of America. Only a song can shake off the dust for one group of wayward souls-and old dreams may hold the promise of new beginnings. As they pass in and out of each other's lives, their stories awaken with passion, fury and extraordinary beauty. Reimagining the music of Bob Dylan as roof-raising ensemble pieces and soul-stirring solos, celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) writes and directs this heartbreaking and universal story about family and love. Hailed by the Observer as the 'NO.1 THEATRE SHOW OF THE YEAR' audiences now have the chance once again to experience this 'magnificent' (Standard), 'astonishing' (Guardian) and 'piercingly beautiful' (Independent) production brought vividly to life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.