Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThe stage version of John Carney's film stays bright-eyed despite the darker turns in this tale of teenage pop, poverty and fractious families This stage adaptation of John Carney's 2016 film is an exemplar of the "uplifting" musical, puppyishly so. Set in 1980s Dublin in the doldrums amid a fractious family and a classroom pop band, it seems at pains to stay bright-eyed, heartwarming, no mat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM on July 20, 2025