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Sombre, solemn and highly effective; Girl from the North Country returns with a UK tour that brings us again to actuality and exalts human emotion.
Conor McPherson’s e book tells the story of Nick Laine – the proprietor of a shabby guesthouse, and his household. His spouse Elizabeth suffers from a type of dementia which impels outbursts from comical and childlike to violent and inhibited. The arrival of two sudden friends throughout a stormy night time makes a change within the inn and impacts each character who inhabit it.
With music by Bob Dylan, this jukebox musical isn’t your common cliché of lazy storytelling that squeezes in a pop bop or two. The plot will not be the strongest or most clear, but the music drives the emotive scenes by – accompanied by powerhouse vocals and haunting preparations. The added really feel of a united ensemble is solidified by the actor-musicians, taking turns to play the number of devices on stage.The girls of this present are completely spectacular and with a weak plot or not, Frances McNamee shines to the extremities. Her chilling and soul-awakening rendition of ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ was out of this world. Maria Omakinwa, performs the widow Mrs Neilsen, who’s having an affair with Nick. Her presence on stage was a breath of recent air and her vocals have been charming.
This stripped-back, uncooked and honest manufacturing is definitely worth the watch to inject some heat and feeling into your winter.
Review by Esther Neville
Rating: ★★★★
Seat: Stalls H28 | Price of Ticket: £51.50