Musical
I suspect there will be a few bloggers and blog visitors out there who have already seen the musical "Come From Away". Shirley and I saw it last evening at "The Lyceum" theatre in the centre of Sheffield. It was conceived ten years after the dreadful day that we remember as 9/11 and it was first performed in 2013. You cannot really say that the show is about 9/11 but what happened that day provides a sinister backdrop to the story. It is set - not in New York City but in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. At that time, back in September 2001, all flights in and out of New York were shut down. Around thirty eight flights were ordered to land at the remote airport in Gander and there they stayed for almost a week. Gander is a small town with a population of around 9,000 and suddenly they had 6,500 visitors. How would they cope? In the event, the town pulled together, opening their public facilities and homes to the newcomers whose travel plans had been disrupted....