#ballad lines

[rating-musicals]

Month 2/12

[wassupmygays]

anyone out there know or listen to the new musical Ballad Lines

i fear im obsessed

[el-otro-telefono]

i've been busy...

[fearnecalloslay]

Listen to the musical Ballad Lines everyone! A beautiful folk musical about women. With a lesbian lead!!! I watched it in London and it’s genuinely the most beautiful musical I’ve ever seen. It moved me beyond words and I was in tears many times with the joy and heartbreak that was in front of me.

Every day I’m looking online for more info on the future of the show, or even maybe some more audios of the show itself and I can’t believe there’s so little out there because it’s so unknown.

The directing itself was also beautiful, and the way everyone on stage stomped and clapped felt so primal and you could FEEL the energy from the stage. The choreography was AMAZING and the singing and the acting was out of this world. Such raw emotion. Everyone understood the story and everyone wanted to tell this tale about choice, and how important it is to have the ability to make choices for your own life. The music is also spectacular. Taking old ballads and adding new meaning and new words, and mixing them in with new songs is so genius! The band also looked like they were having the best time, which felt so heartwarming to see.

So yeah, listen to the ballad lines album! And if anyone has any news about the future of the show, OR any clips or audios about the show itself, I’d looove to hear it

[celtic-character-of-the-day]

Today's Celtic character of the day is Cait from Ballad Lines who is Scottish.

Actor in photos: Kirsty Findlay

Requested by Anonymous. Thank you, Anon!

[ghostieblotts]

I have been listening to the Ballad Lines soundtrack so much this past week so here's a post about it tailored to what I know my mutuals are interested in.

This is just about the album though - I haven't seen the show live yet and have been largely trying to avoid spoilers outside of the album, so this is only based on what I do know.

If you like:

Pulp Musicals (some similarities with narration)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (definite similarities with narration and musical style)

Folk musicals in general

The Crane Wives (similarities in musical style)

Hadestown (some similarities in musical style imo, also Dylan Wood of Scorpheus fame is on this album)

Musical theatre songs in time signatures other than 4/4 and 3/4

Female led musicals (All of the most important characters are women, I can think of a grand total of two male characters in the show)

Musicals with sapphic main characters

...then you might want to give it a listen!

Here's a description from the official website:

(As a content warning, pregnancy is a huge theme in the show which is very much present in the album (as well as mentions of miscarriage and death in childbirth). It's not necessarily mentioned in every song, but it is in a lot of them.)

[roseredsnow]

I keep trying to write a post promoting Ballad lines but it ends up long so quite simply.

If you like musicals about history focused towards women in the family, specifically of a celtic background, a little political commentary, small casts, casts helping to create the beat and crying I guess.

You should go listen to Ballad lines, and if you're in London before March 21st, you should go see it Live at Southwark playhouse.

TW's

Album and Live: Unwanted Pregnancy, mention of death during childbirth (mother and child), mentioned homophobia

Live only: Forced pregnancy, abuse (minor but if its a trigger likely just enough), homophobia more explicit, depiction of death during childbirth.

Also brief sex scene, no ones fully naked and its very brief but I was caught off guard

[notanothertheatrekid]

Anyone watched Ballad Lines and want to tell me all the plot I can't seem to devise from the (frankly superb) music?