Tonight we went to see the double Olivier and Tony award-winning West End and Broadway hit show "Girl From The North Country" at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre. Our daughter Frances had given me the tickets as a birthday gift last October.
Created by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson, the show boldly reimagines some of the legendary songs of the great Bob Dylan - weaving them into an emotionally touching and universal story about family and love, hailed by "The Observer" as the "No.1 theatre show of the year".
It’s 1934 in the heartland of America - Duluth in fact -and there we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Arriving at a turning point in their lives, they realise nothing is quite what it seems. But as they search for a future, and sanctuary from the past, they find themselves facing challenging truths about the present.
The singers were all very competent and it was refreshing to hear stylish re-interpretations of some of Dylan's most noteworthy songs including "Forever Young", "I Want You" and "Idiot Wind". Surprisingly, the plaintive song "Girl From The North Country" which appeared on the album "Nashville Skyline" did not feature. in the musical. I was slightly disappointed about that.
We both enjoyed it but were not truly knocked out as we were two weeks ago when we went into town to see "Standing At The Sky's Edge" in The Crucible. After the show we made a quick exit through a side door and then jumped straight on a Number 82 bus. Back at Banner Cross, we even had time to nip into "The Itchy Pig" for post-theatre drinks.
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