REVIEW: Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country is emotional and exhilarating | JOE.ie

Within just a few minutes of Girl from the North Country starting, you know already that it’s going a notch above many similar jukebox musicals. Written by Irish playwright Conor McPherson and based around the music of Bob Dylan, right from the outset it transports viewers to a different time and place and for the rest of the show, you would rather be nowhere else.

Having written plays in the past like The Weir, which took place entirely in a pub in rural Ireland and centred around a group of people telling stories, McPherson knows how to build fully fleshed-out characters and environments. That’s on full display too in Girl from the North Country.

In terms of Bob Dylan, all the characters in Girl from the North Country feel like they could be the subject of one of his ballads. Plus, by choosing the best Dylan tracks to fit the narrative McPherson wrote – some incredibly popular, some lesser-known – the playwright uses the singer-songwriter’s music as a way of getting into his character’s heads. The songs often serve as a way of showing how the protagonists feel or what their dreams are, things they struggle to express in conversations.

Girl from the North Country is no doubt a must-see for Dylan fans in particular. But honestly, it’s hard to imagine anyone who considers themselves a fan of music and storytelling not also being swept up in the show thanks to its emotional depth and exhilarating performances.Advertisement🎧 LISTEN: End of season awards, Irish Team of the URC and All Blacks series preview, with Darren Cave

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