REVIEW:(God Save My) Northern Soul/ Vermin

REVIEW:(God Save My) Northern Soul/ Vermin

Rating: 5 out of 5. “Two exceptionally well written plays explore polar opposite ends of the grief manifestation spectrum” (God Save My) Northern Soul If, like me, you’ve ever grown up in Wigan, or Lancashire or indeed just the nebulous “North”, this play is bound to resonate with you. Following nineteen year old Nicole (played by the show’s writer Natasha Cottriall), we go on a nostalgic and bittersweet journey of what it means to come of age i…

(GOD SAVE MY) NORTHERN SOUL review by thespyinthestalls

(GOD SAVE MY) NORTHERN SOUL Park Theatre ★★ “Every emotion and incident in this piece is recognisable” (God Save my) Northern Soul is a single hander, billed as a dark comedy about love, loss and Northern Soul music. The humour rests on an undercooked teenager who suddenly loses her Mum and has to confront the complex world of adulthood. This a very relatable play, with lovely key moments, but as a whole is, like the teenager, rather undercooke…

‘(God Save My) Northern Soul’ review – Grief play in need of its own rhythm

After a 2023 staging at Theatre503, Natasha Cottriall’s play on grief has a run at the Park Theatre.