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Claudia Jolly (Katherine Draper) and Sam Reid (Gene Laine) in GFTNC at The Old Vic. Photo by Manuel Harlan

The Old Vic’s critically acclaimed and sold out production of Girl from the North Country to open in the West End. Written and Directed by Conor McPherson with Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan.

Girl from the North Country will play at the Noël Coward Theatre with Previews from Friday 29 December 2017, press night Thursday 11th January 2018. Tickets on general sale 2pm Wednesday 4th October 2017.

Due to phenomenal demand following a sell-out, critically acclaimed run at The Old Vic, Bob Dylan’s and Conor McPherson’s Girl from the North Country comes to the West End for a strictly limited season.

Brought to life by an exceptional company of actors and musicians, award-winning playwright Conor McPherson beautifully weaves the iconic songbook of Bob Dylan into this new show full of hope, heartbreak and soul. 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…

‘An instant classic’ The Times ***** ‘Piercingly beautiful’ The Independent ***** ‘Conor McPherson weaves magic with Bob Dylan’s songs’ The Observer ***** ‘Dylan’s songs expand the emotional palette: direct and gnomic, raging and desiring’ The Sunday Times ****

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY | West End trailer

Conor McPherson said: “Working with this stunning cast and the incredible music of Bob Dylan at The Old Vic has been an amazing pleasure and privilege. I’m delighted that audiences will continue to have the opportunity to enjoy our show as we move into the West End. I’d like to thank everyone who has brought Girl from the North Country to life and I look forward hugely to our next steps in this intriguing journey.”

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, and August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death.

Screen credits include the screenplay for the BBC series Paula, broadcast earlier this year. 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.

Girl from the North Country cast album announced

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.

The Old Vic is London’s independent not-for-profit theatre, creating world-class entertainment on an international scale. Through our eclectic and adventurous work on stage, projects with young people, employability programmes, digital outreach, all-day café and late night cocktail bar, The Old Vic under Artistic Director Matthew Warchus is an exciting and inviting place to be. We trade in creative imagination. It is the commodity that will be most prized tomorrow and the reason why The Old Vic is as vital today as it was in 1818 when it first opened its doors.

Bob Dylan’s music is like a favourite old overcoat which warms you, comforts you, soothes you as you retrieve it from the coat-rack and wear it again to ward off the approaching winter chill. But it has surprises. You reach into the pockets and discover forgotten memorabilia languishing: the jingle-jangle of some coins, a dog-eared shopping list, that pen you’ve been searching high and low for and the neatly folded order of service from a funeral. And there are other, unknown, objects left, perhaps, by someone else to whom you lent your coat: yes, Dylan’s music always surprises; always tugs at the heart strings; and it always grabs your soul. 5-star review by Peter Yates, LondonTheatre1.com

Writer & Director Conor McPherson Music & Lyrics Bob Dylan Designer Rae Smith Orchestrator, Arrangements & Musical Supervisor Simon Hale Lighting Mark Henderson Sound Simon Baker Movement Director Lucy Hind Casting Director Jessica Ronane CDG Casting to be announced soon.

Noël Coward Theatre St Martin’s Lane London WC2N 4AU Box office number: 0844 482 5141 Website: http://ift.tt/2wxja5w

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SEASON 013

she was my queen (and now a thousand years between)

13.01 Lost & Found

13.02 The Rising Son

13.03 Patience

13.04 The Big Empty

13.05 Advanced Thanatology

13.06 Tombstone

13.07 War Of The Worlds

13.08 The Scorpion and The Frog

13.09 The Bad Place

13.10 Wayward Sisters

13.11 Breakdown

13.12 Various & Sundry Villains

13.13 Devil's Bargain

13.14 Only the Best Intentions

13.15 A Most Holy Man

13.16 ScoobyNatural

13.17 The Thing

13.18 Bring ‘Em Back Alive

13.19

13.20

13.21

13.22

13.23

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SEASON 012

good times, bad times (you know i’ve had my share)

12.01 Keep Calm And Carry On

12.02 Mamma Mia

12.03 The Foundry

12.04 American Nightmare

12.05 The One You've Been Waiting For

12.06 Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox

12.07 Rock Never Dies

12.08 LOTUS

12.09 First Blood

12.10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets

12.11 Regarding Dean

12.12 Stuck In the Middle (With You)

12.13 Family Feud

12.14 The Raid

12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell

12.16 Ladies Drink Free

12.17 The British Invasion

12.18 The Memory Remains

12.19 The Future

12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes

12.21 There's Something About Mary

12.22 Who We Are

12.23 All Along The Watchtower

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SEASON 011

when mountains crumble to the sea (there will still be you and me)

11.01 Out Of The Darkness, Into The Fire

11.02 Form And Void

11.03 The Bad Seed

11.04 Baby

11.05 Thin Lizzie

11.06 Our Little World

11.07 Plush

11.08 Just My Imagination

11.09 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

11.10 The Devil In The Details

11.11 Into The Mystic

11.12 Don’t You Forget About Me

11.13 Love Hurts

11.14 The Vessel

11.15 Beyond The Mat

11.16 Safe House

11.17 Red Meat

11.18 Hell’s Angel

11.19 The Chitters

11.20 Don’t Call Me Shurley

11.21 All In The Family

11.22 We Happy Few

11.23 Alpha And Omega

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SEASON 010

on a day like today i pass the time away (and walk a quiet mile with you)

10.01 Black

10.02 Reichenbach

10.03 Soul Survivor

10.04 Paper Moon

10.05 Fan Fiction

10.06 Ask Jeeves

10.07 Girls, Girls, Girls

10.08 Hibbing 911

10.09 The Things We Left Behind

10.10 The Hunter Games

10.11 There’s No Place Like Home

10.12 About A Boy

10.13 Halt & Catch Fire

10.14 The Executioner's Song

10.15 The Things They Carried

10.16 Paint It Black

10.17 Inside Man

10.18 Book Of The Damned

10.19 The Werther Project

10.20 Angel Heart

10.21 Dark Dynasty

10.22 The Prisoner

10.23 Brother’s Keeper

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SEASON 009

and if you feel that you can’t go on (in the light you will find the road)

9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

9.02 Devil May Care

9.03 I’m No Angel

9.04 Slumber Party

9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon

9.06 Heaven Can’t Wait

9.07 Bad Boys

9.08 Rock And A Hard Place

9.09 Holy Terror

9.10 Road Trip

9.11 First Born

9.12 Sharp Teeth

9.13 The Purge

9.14 Captives

9.15 Thinman

9.16 Blade Runners

9.17 Mother’s Little Helper

9.18 Meta Fiction

9.19 Alex Annie Alexis Ann

9.20 Bloodlines

9.21 King Of The Damned

9.22 Stairway To Heaven

9.23 Do You Believe In Miracles?

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SEASON 008

leaves are falling all around (it’s time i was on my way)

8.01 We Need To Talk About Kevin

8.02 What’s Up, Tiger Mommy?

8.03 Heartache

8.04 Bitten

8.05 Blood Brother

8.06 Southern Comfort

8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin

8.08 Hunteri Heroici

8.09 Citizen Fang

8.10 Torn And Frayed

8.11 LARP And The Real Girl

8.12 As Time Goes By

8.13 Everybody Hates Hitler

8.14 Trial And Error

8.15 Man's Best Friend With Benefits

8.16 Remember The Titans

8.17 Goodbye Stranger

8.18 Freaks And Geeks

8.19 Taxi Driver

8.20 Pac-Man Fever

8.21 The Great Escapist

8.22 Clip Show

8.23 Sacrifice

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SEASON 007.5

her face is cracked from smiling (all the fears that she's been hiding)

Part One: May 2013

Part Two: June 2013

Part Three: July 2013

Part Four: August 2013

Part Five: September 2013

Part Six: October 2013

Part Seven: November 2013

Part Eight: December 2013

Part Nine: January 2014

Part Ten: February 2014

Part Eleven: March 2014

Part Twelve: April 2014

Part Thirteen: May 2014

Part Fourteen: June 2014

Part Fifteen: July 2014

Part Sixteen: August 2014

Part Seventeen: September 2014

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SEASON 005.5

we are eagles of one nest (the nest is in our soul)

Part One: May 2010

Part Two: June 2010

Part Three: July 2010

Part Four: August 2010

Part Five: September 2010

Part Six: October 2010

Part Seven: November 2010

Part Eight: December 2010

Part Nine: January 2011

Part Ten: February 2011

Part Eleven: March 2011

Part Twelve: April 2011

Part Thirteen: May 2011

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SEASON 003.5

stop and rebuild all your ruins (for peace and trust can win the day)

Part One: May 2008 

Part Two: June 2008

Part Three: July 2008

Part Four: August 2008

Part Five: September 2008

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SEASON 007

the dark lord rides in force tonight (and time will tell us all)

7.01 Meet The New Boss

7.02 Hello, Cruel World

7.03 The Girl Next Door

7.04 Defending Your Life

7.05 Shut Up, Dr. Phil

7.06 Slash Fiction

7.07 The Mentalists

7.08 Season Seven, Time For A Wedding!

7.09 How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters

7.10 Death’s Door

7.11 Adventures In Babysitting

7.12 Time After Time

7.13 Pride & Prejudice & Demons

7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie

7.15 Repo Man

7.16 Out With The Old

7.17 The Born-Again Identity

7.18 Party On, Garth

7.19 Of Grave Importance

7.20 The Girl With The Dungeons And Dragons Tattoo

7.21 Reading Is Fundamental

7.22 There Will Be Blood

7.23 Survival Of The Fittest

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SEASON 006

and as we wind down on the road (our shadows taller than our soul)

6.01 Exile On Main Street

6.02 Two And A Half Men

6.03 The Third Man

6.04 Weekend At Bobby’s

6.05 Live Free Or Twihard

6.06 You Can't Handle The Truth

6.07 Family Matters

6.08 All Dogs Go To Heaven

6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe

6.10 Caged Heat

6.11 Appointment In Samarra

6.12 Like A Virgin

6.13 Unforgiven

6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning

6.15 The French Mistake

6.16 ...And Then There Were None

6.17 My Heart Will Go On

6.18 Frontierland

6.19 Mommy Dearest

6.20 The Man Who Would Be King

6.21 Let It Bleed

6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much

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SEASON 005

meet me in the middle of the air (if my wings should fail me)

5.01 Sympathy For The Devil

5.02 Good God, Y’all

5.03 Free To Be You And Me

5.04 The End

5.05 Fallen Idols

5.06 I Believe The Children Are Our Future

5.07 The Curious Case Of Dean Winchester

5.08 Changing Channels

5.09 The Real Ghostbusters

5.10 Abandon All Hope...

5.11 Sam, Interrupted

5.12 Swap Meat

5.13 The Song Remains The Same

5.14 My Bloody Valentine

5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

5.16 Dark Side Of The Moon

5.17 99 Problems

5.18 Point Of No Return

5.19 Hammer Of The Gods

5.20 The Devil You Know

5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight

5.22 Swan Song

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SEASON 004

upon us all a little rain must fall (it’s just a little rain)

4.01 Lazarus Rising

4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

4.03 In The Beginning

4.04 Metamorphosis

4.05 Monster Movie

4.06 Yellow Fever

4.07 It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

4.08 Wishful Thinking

4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer

4.10 Heaven And Hell

4.11 Family Remains

4.12 Criss Angel Is a Douchebag

4.13 After School Special

4.14 Sex And Violence

4.15 Death Takes A Holiday

4.16 On The Head Of A Pin

4.17 It’s A Terrible Life

4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book

4.19 Jump The Shark

4.20 The Rapture

4.21 When The Levee Breaks

4.22 Lucifer Rising

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SEASON 003

used to sing about the mountains (but the mountains washed away)

3.01 The Magnificent Seven

3.02 The Kids Are Alright

3.03 Bad Day At Black Rock

3.04 Sin City

3.05 Bedtime Stories

3.06 Red Sky At Morning

3.07 Fresh Blood

3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas

3.09 Malleus Maleficarum

3.10 Dream A Little Dream Of Me

3.11 Mystery Spot

3.12 Jus In Bello

3.13 Ghostfacers

3.14 Long-Distance Call

3.15 Time Is On My Side

3.16 No Rest For The Wicked