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STEF LYONS is swept along by the infectious energy of an ex-con single mother’s dreams of Nashville
LAST SUPPER BEHIND BARS: Dawn Sievewright as Rose Lynn with the cast of Wild Rose
[Mihaela Bodlovic]
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
RON JACOBS welcomes the political lessons for today, about organisation and withdrawal from conflict, made by an erudite and conversational biography
Wild Rose,
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
I WASN’T sure what to expect with Wild Rose: all I knew was that it was something to do with Country and Western music. Sorry, Country Music (I’ve learned my lesson).
This show was a Bafta-nominated film in 2018 starring Jessie Buckley as the titular Rose-Lynn and had its world premiere on stage at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. It’s a juke-box musical about a single mother, just released from prison, trying to get back to her life but also add a bit of musical sparkle to it along the way.
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