Folk

Nominated for an Olivier Award 2022'I'll tell you one more thing. I got more songs in my head than I ever told you. I got enough to sing for days...'1903, Somerset. Rooted in the land where she has lived her entire life, Louie Hooper's mind overflows with its songs more than 300 of them passed down from her mother. Cecil Sharp, a composer visiting from London, fears England's folk songs will be lost forever and sets out on a mission to transcribe each and every one. He believes Louie's music should speak not just for this place but for the whole of England.Nell Leyshon's Olivier Award-nominated play with songs originally heard on BBC Radio before a sold-out, highly acclaimed run at London's Hampstead Theatre. The production was revived in June 2022 due to popular demand.