Saturday, 25 May 2024

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour


Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Dorfman Theatre, 2016.

Cast: Melissa Allan, Caroline Deyga, Karen Fishwick, Kirsty MacLaren, Frances Mayli McCann, Dawn Sievewright.

Adapted by Lee Hall from a book by Alan Warner.
Director: Vicky Featherstone.

This had quite a journey, starting off as a book (which I read) and ending up as a film (which I liked) but this was probably my favourite incarnation and it was told with lots of songs (13 listed in the programme, 6 of them by Jeff Lynne of ELO)  and as there was a band on stage it was more of a musical. It was also on in the smallest of the National Theatre's spaces so it felt more intimate and immediate. I loved it and would happily see it again.

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