The award-winning smash-hit production of Girl From The North Country, written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan is currently on a UK and Ireland tour. Coming to New Wimbledon Theatre 14th – 18th March 2023.
The Cast
The full cast includes Ross Carswell (Elias Burke), Colin Connor (Nick Laine), Frankie Hart (Ensemble), Joshua C Jackson (Joe Scott), Eli James (Reverend Marlowe), Justina Kehinde (Marianne), Teddy Kempner (Mr Perry), Graham Kent (Ensemble), Owen Lloyd (Ensemble), Nichola MacEvilly (Ensemble), Chris McHallem (Dr Walker), Frances McNamee (Elizabeth Laine), Gregor Milne (Gene Laine), Eve Norris (Katherine Draper), Maria Omakinwa (Mrs Neilson), Daniel Reid-Walters (Ensemble), James Staddon (Mr Burke), Neil Stewart (Ensemble) and Rebecca Thornhill (Mrs Burke).
Girl From The North Country is an uplifting and universal story about family and love which boldly reimagines the legendary songs of Bob Dylan, like you’ve never heard them before.
The Story
It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they realize nothing is what it seems. But as they search for a future, and hide from the past, they find themselves facing unspoken truths about the present.
Writer and Director Conor McPherson said of the Dublin and UK Tour cast “It’s a joy to be working with our supremely talented new cast. Each of them brings a terrific range of experience and energy to the show. it’s an absolute delight to embark on this new adventure together.”
Bob Dylan said at the opening of the Broadway production: “To be associated with Conor is one of the highlights of my professional life. It goes without saying the man is a genius for putting this thing together and I’m thrilled to be a part of the experience. My songs couldn’t be in better hands.”
The show’s successful run
Girl From The North Country first opened at The Old Vic in July 2017 to huge critical acclaim and playing to sold out audiences. It transferred to the Noël Coward Theatre in December 2017 and won the 2018 Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical as well as being nominated in the Best New Musical, Outstanding Achievement in Music and Best Actor in a Musical categories. The production went on to have a sold out run at the Public Theater, New York in 2018. Following a run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, in Autumn 2019, the production had a second run in the West End opening December 2019 at the Gielgud Theatre. The production has since played on Broadway, Australia and New and a North American tour of the show will commence in Minneapolis in Autumn 2023. The production won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for composer Simon Hale and was also nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
“BOB DYLAN’s songs have never sounded so HEARTBREAKINGLY PERSONAL & UNIVERSAL.
AS CLOSE AS MORTALS COME TO HEAVEN ON EARTH”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times (Critic’s Pick)
★★★★★
“A show that transports the soul. Incredible”
The Times
★★★★★
“Powerful, affecting and original.”
Sunday Express
★★★★★
“Conor McPherson weaves magic with Bob Dylan’s songs”
The Observer
★★★★★
Guardian, Financial Times, Telegraph, Independent, WhatsOnStage, Broadway World, City AM.
Girl From The North Country features scenic and costume design by Rae Smith; orchestrations, arrangements, and music supervision by Simon Hale, with additional arrangements by Simon Hale and Conor McPherson, lighting design by Mark Henderson; sound design by Simon Baker; movement direction by Lucy Hind and casting by Jessica Ronane CDG.
Girl From The North Country is produced by Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Steven Lappin, Sony Music Entertainment UK, Playing Field, David Mirvish, Dianne Roberts and The Old Vic.
Conor McPherson is an acclaimed writer and director. He was born in Dublin in 1971 and attended University College Dublin where he began to write and direct. Stage plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St Nicholas, The Weir (Olivier, Evening Standard, and Critics Circle Awards); Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Shining City (Tony Award nominated); The Seafarer (Tony, Olivier and Evening Standard Award nominated); The Veil, and The Night Alive (New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Olivier, Evening Standard and Lucille Lortel Award nominated). Adaptations include Franz Xaver Kroetz’s The Nest, August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death and most recently, Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
The genius of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is one of our culture’s most influential and ground-breaking artists. Born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941; self-taught on piano, guitar and harmonica, he travelled to New York City in 1961, quickly establishing himself as an explosive performer in the Greenwich Village music scene. More than half a century later, Dylan continues to perform almost 100 concerts each year. He has released more than 50 albums and written over 600 songs. He’s sold more than 125 million records and is the holder of 11 Grammy Awards. His songs have been covered more than 6000 times by artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Guns N’ Roses, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and Adele. He is also an accomplished visual artist and author, and in 2016 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature – the first songwriter to receive such a distinction.
Great cast
Ross Carswell (Elias Burke). Ross trained at RADA and The Dance School of Scotland, and makes his professional debut in Girl From The North Country. Theatre credits whilst training: Consent; Red Velvet; Spring Awakening; Plaques and Tangles.
Colin Connor (Nick Laine). Theatre credits include: War Horse (National Theatre tour); Our Country’s Good (Nottingham Playhouse); Waiting for Godot (Tobacco Factory); The Man, The Father (Oldham Coliseum); The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Ashes, The Winter’s Tale,
To Kill a Mockingbird, A View From The Bridge, Journey’s End, Of Mice and Men, Romeo and Juliet, A Streetcar Named Desire (Octagon Theatre); and The Cruel Sea and Two Pence to Cross the Mersey (Liverpool Empire). Television credits include: Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hope Street, Hollyoaks, Peaky Blinders and Doctors. Film credits include: The End of the World Man.
Frankie Hart (Ensemble), Frankie trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and makes her professional debut in Girl From The North Country. Theatre credits whilst training include: Emilia and Urinetown.
Joshua C Jackson (Joe Scott). Theatre credits include: Caliban (Orange Tree Theatre); The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Icarus’s Wife (Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre); Keeping It Real (Edinburgh Festival); Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (UK tour & West End) and The Biograph Girl (Finborough Theatre). Television credits include: Black Mirror, Avenue 5 and Station 11. Film credits include: You Should Have Left.
Eli James (Reverend Marlowe). Theatre Credits include: One Man, Two Guvnors (Music Box Theatre, Broadway); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway); Rutherford & Son (The Mint Theater); Becky Shaw (Huntington Theater); The Four of Us (Manhattan Theatre Club); Maria/Stuart (World Premiere, Woolly Mammoth Theater); Gross Indecency (Philadelphia Theatre Company) and The Invention of Love (The Wilma Theater). Television credits include: Gossip Girl; Unforgettable; Lights Out. Eli was a house-team performer at New York’s legendary comedy venue the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Eli’s podcast, Strong Reception with Eli James, is available everywhere.
Justina Kehinde (Marianne). Justina Kehinde is a storyteller working across writing, acting, directing and poetry. Theatre credits include: Best of Enemies (Young Vic); NHS The Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Hot In Here (Pigfoot Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre); This Little Earth, Passengers (Adelaide Fringe Festival, The Vaults Festival) and Around The World in 80s Days (Grand Theatre Blackpool). Television credits include: Holby City.
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