In fact by the time of publication Girl from the North Country – the critically acclaimed musical derived from Bob Dylan’s songs will have completed its transfer from the Old Vic to the heart of London’s West End at the Noel Coward Theatre. Want a plot synopsis ? Well, it’s Duluth, Minnesota. 1934. A community living on a knife-edge huddle together in the local guesthouse. The owner, Nick, owes more money than he can ever repay, his wife Elizabeth is losing her mind and their daughter Marianne is carrying a child no one will account for.
And, when a preacher selling bibles and a boxer looking for a comeback show up in the middle of the night, things start to spiral beyond the point of no return…as you might imagine this is no run-of-the-mill jukebox musical, but then writer & director Conor McPherson would probably not have got Dylan’s music for a run-of-the-mill jukebox musical!
The production runs at the Noel Coward theatre until March 24th. And, guess what ? It’s quite popular.
