Girl From The North Country

Saw the tour this evening in a very empty theatre (woking).

I didn’t see any of the productions when it was in town so this was my first exposure.
I’ve had to reread this thread to see what people thought.

I thought the singing was great (very talented cast), but I found myself so overwhelmingly perplexed by the story that I couldn’t really concentrate. Great plot lines pushed then dropped immediately. I also didn’t feel the songs linked well enough to the plot - I can understand it not being a musical so it’s not necessarily their inner thoughts but it felt like ‘well now let’s go to a song’.

The sound balance was also off, the bar scenes were hard to follow as the background noise was very loud. I also found the direction to be odd, few characters on stage then a song starts and everyone walks on stage to get involved.

Maybe this was at its best at the Old Vic. But it’s fascinating how divided the reactions to this have been. I’d actually have preferred if it was a straight play and you could sink your teeth into the characters more. But ultimately the music is the thing keeping this afloat.
Would not revisit this.

Saw it in Edinburgh not too long ago and trying to recall a single thing that happened in this show. The songs were alright... I guess.

I had the same issues with not being able to engage at all with this story. Shared the exact same experience with Marcus' post above. The audio was also really low which is a complaint I often have with the Edinburgh Playhouse.