Final 12 months, PJ Harvey launched I Inside The Outdated Yr Dying, her first new album since 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Mission. Yesterday, the prolific English musician shared a preview of the unique songs she wrote for London Tide, a brand new Dickens adaptation.
London Tide is directed by Ian Rickson and tailored by Ben Energy. It premieres within the Lyttelton Theatre on April 10; learn the theatre’s description of the play from their web site:
It begins like this. With the nightfall and the storm and the Thames…
A storm rages and, within the darkest a part of the evening, a physique is pulled from the swirling Thames.
Throughout the town, two younger ladies confront an unsure future. In Limehouse, Lizzie Hexam struggles to interrupt freed from the river and its darkish secrets and techniques. On the opposite aspect of city, Bella Wilfer mourns a misplaced marriage. The looks of the mysterious John Rokesmith has the potential to vary their lives for ever. Will they sink or swim?
This romantic and propulsive thriller is a hymn to the town and the river that runs by means of it. Directed by Ian Rickson (Translations) and tailored by Ben Energy (The Lehman Trilogy), with authentic songs all through, the genius of Dickens meets the fierce musical creativeness of acclaimed singer-songwriter, PJ Harvey.
Under, watch Jamael Westman carry out “Eugene Alone” — which was co-written by Harvey and Energy — with Ian Ross on piano and guitars, Alex Lupo on drums, and Sarah Anderson on keyboards.