The life-affirming, song-and-dance-filled, Scottish musical drama, based on the true story of seven feisty Glaswegian teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported. Read more …
They are galvanised to fight for her rights, inspiring a whole community to unite behind its residents.
This is a show about friendship, hope and a form of people-powered solidarity that crosses borders in every way, even as it so vitally reminds us of injustices that happened on our doorstep, and which are happening still.
The result is a show that never claims perfection, but is infinitely worth seeing, for the sheer boldness of its effort to remind us that resistance is possible, and that it is still worth believing in a better time, a better city, and a better world.
This show is informative, heart-breaking and makes for essential viewing as it seems more relevant than ever just now.
Glasgow Girls is as relevant now as it was when it first aired, back in 2012 at the Citizens Theatre, due to the whole Brexit debacle and the anti “foreigner” rhetoric.
In a world made cold by the bureaucracy and passivity of adults, this piece will inspire younger audiences to challenge the world they live in, and win.
The incredible energy of this performance is invigorating and saves the production from the ever-looming threat of over-sentimentality.
Hopefully Glasgow Girls will continue to run and encourage the same level of unity and compassion displayed by the original girls.
A thought-provoking and inspiring piece of musical theatre.
Preview: Glasgow Girls
King's Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday January 15, 2019, until Saturday January 19, 2019. More info: www.theambassadors.com/kings/
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Wednesday January 23, 2019, until Saturday January 26, 2019. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
Perth Theatre, Perth from Wednesday January 30, 2019, until Sunday February 3, 2019. More info: www.horsecross.co.uk
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness from Thursday February 7, 2019, until Saturday February 9, 2019. More info: www.eden-court.co.uk
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