Review: The Children (State Theatre Company South Australia)
UK playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s doom-laden premise promises to go nuclear, but its chain reaction lacks some spark.
February 8, 2024
UK playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s doom-laden premise promises to go nuclear, but its chain reaction lacks some spark.
Using 22 Bob Dylan songs, this play with music, set in 1934 during the Great Depression, gradually draws you into its world and leaves you filled with emotion.
When he was approached by Bob Dylan's people to pitch to use the singer-songwriter’s music to create a work, Irish playwright Conor McPherson knew it had to be set in Dylan's hometown during the Depression.