![]() A reduced number of foyer bars are open, and lines are socially distanced. ![]() Girl from the North Country plays the Theatre Royal in Sydney until 19 March, before heading to Adelaide and Melbourne.Īt the Theatre Royal, mask-wearing for patrons over 12 is mandatory, although patrons may take them off to eat and drink. But the show still manages to reach out with a message that happiness is best grasped in the present – however difficult that present may be – rather than hoped for down the track. This performance, a Sunday matinee, was played to a 50% house. Spooked by Omicron, and perhaps in solidarity with the boycott, audiences have been reluctant to come out and experience it. And regardless of whether you think the song choice and the moment truly cohere, I Want You, sung by Smith Nick and Elizabeth Hay (who plays Gene’s sidelined girlfriend, Katherine) is made to shimmer.Ĭovid-19 hit Girl from the North Country hard during the Sydney festival. Erickson demonstrates a powerful set of pipes late in the piece as the tragic Elias finds his voice. Newman and Francis are in superb voice, too, the latter performing his numbers with a touch of Sam Cook cool. Her singing is this production’s musical highlight. McCune is exceptional as the untethered Elizabeth. Every moment is rendered precisely and the chemistry is at very least persuasive. Weeks on, the production has clearly found its groove. Photograph: Daniel BoudĮarly reviews of this production, which opened at the beginning of the Sydney festival in January, pointed to some under-rehearsal and fitful chemistry. Lisa McCune’s singing is the show’s musical highlight. On the few occasions when they are used in a more traditional jukebox manner – to advance character and/or plot, as when Joe sings Hurricane – it seems oddly clumsy. McPherson draws on the spectrum of Dylan’s back catalogue, numbers dating back to the title song (from 1963’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan) to Duquesne Whistle from the 2012 album Tempest.ĭue to the lyrical complexity of Dylan’s songs, they tend to operate as mood enhancers, with economical arrangements by Simon Hale for piano, fiddle, guitar and drums. Walker also serves as a narrator in what is a memory play with songs. ![]() Regular visitors to Nick’s dining table include the ancient Mr Perry (Peter Carroll), who has set his threadbare cap at Marianne, and Dr Walker (Terence Crawford), the local physician who dispenses morphine on demand (mostly to himself, before he got straight). The most recent arrivals are Joe (Callum Francis), a freshly parolled convict and prizefighter and Marlowe (Grant Piro), an itinerant preacher-cum-crook. There’s also Mrs Neilson (Christina O’Neill), a widow waiting for her financial train to come in – and then to jump on it with Nick. Among the notables are the Burkes (Greg Stone and Helen Dallimore), a once prosperous middle-aged couple on the lam with Elias (Blake Erickson), their shambling, intermittently dangerous boy-man of a son. ![]() Photograph: Daniel BoudĬharacters and their various woes are piled higher than Tom Joad’s Hudson. Please keep comments to 150 words or fewer all are subject to editing.Zahra Newman and Callum Francis. The NCNow Survey is an unscientific poll of visitors to who choose to participate. Will you continue to wear a mask in medical settings where it is optional? James McDonald stated that a steady drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths in recent months justifies this action. Lawrence Health regarding masks at its healthcare facilities not yet been made. New York State will no longer require masking at health care facilities, but a mask requirement is still in place at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg. The cams are meant as a protective measure for drivers and will not infringe on privacy, officials said.ĭo you support dash cams on DPW plow trucks in St. Many other plow trucks are already equipped with dash cams as well. The Town of Canton Department of Public Works plow trucks will soon be equipped with dash cams. ![]()
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