Girl From The North Country
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Girl From The North Country
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Girl From The North Country London Reviews and Tickets

62%
(8 Ratings)
Positive
50%
Mixed
13%
Negative
37%
Members say
Great singing, Confusing, Great acting, Disappointing, Great staging

About the Show

Conor McPherson’s Bob Dylan musical tells a story of family and love from America's heartland.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (8)

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58 Reviews | 4 Followers
93
Great acting, Great singing, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You love a unique play/jukebox-musical. Is it a play with music or a musical??

Don't see it if You hate musicals.

81 Reviews | 2 Followers
53
Overrated, Confusing

See it if you love Bob Dylan.

Don't see it if you find it confusing to have someone really young play an elderly person with dementia. You want to hear all the words.

22 Reviews | 0 Followers
45
Great staging, Great singing, Great acting, Confusing

See it if You enjoy Bob Dylan music

Don't see it if You want a joyful show and a good time Read more

48 Reviews | 3 Followers
38
Great acting, Great singing, Disappointing, Dated, Confusing

See it if You like the music of Bob Dylan!

Don't see it if You dont like slow musicals. For me the plot was confusing, show was very slow paced and quite depressing. But singing and acting was great!

33 Reviews | 4 Followers
37
Disappointing, Confusing, Dated, Slow

See it if you really enjoy Bob Dylan music - it was worked into the show beautifully.

Don't see it if you prefer a faster-paced show. The staging was all very dull and dated and I struggled to stay interested.

15 Reviews | 0 Followers
71
Slow, Overrated, Disappointing

See it if You like Bob Dylan music

Don't see it if You don't like Bob Dylan music

6 Reviews | 0 Followers
95
Profound, Intelligent, Great staging, Great singing, Great acting

See it if You like clever use of shadows and staging and exquisite singing.

Don't see it if You are expecting to laugh from beginning to end.

10 Reviews | 0 Followers
90
Entertaining, Riveting, Must see, Great staging, Great singing

See it if Enjoy Dylan's music

Don't see it if Don't like Dylan

Critic Reviews (6)

The Times (UK)
December 17th, 2019

If you’re a Bob Dylan fan, there is plenty to enjoy in this West End transfer. Beware of the structural flaws, though. The cast is so large that we only catch glimpses of their inner lives … we’re left wanting to know more.
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The Arts Desk
December 23rd, 2019

The jukebox musical is a challenge...yet here McPherson gives it a potent force by starkly delineating the kind of socio-economic conditions that produce blues and folk at their rawest.
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Time Out London
December 17th, 2019

McPherson’s book is a haunting slice of Depression-era Americana that draws not only on Dylan’s songbook but finds inspiration in the sad, vivid pages of authors like John Steinbeck.
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WhatsOnStage
December 17th, 2019

The overall soundscape is so beautiful...Perhaps the largest flaw is that despite a strong ensemble cast it's difficult to fully connect with any one story.
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The Stage (UK)
February 1st, 2020

The narrative is patchy, the script has a tendency to run to cliché...But, like Dylan’s own artistic output, it transcends. It succeeds in being emotionally true and compelling.
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The Telegraph (UK)
December 18th, 2019

Jesse Green of The New York Times calls this Critic's Pick "blazingly theatrical and thrillingly tense." Time Out cheers, “FOUR STARS! It's ingenious, poetic and unsettling." And The Hollywood Reporter raves, “PASS OVER is a powerfully imaginative drama that will shake up audiences, instantly tagging the playwright as a significant new voice.”
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