Citizens theatre,Glasgow
Paul Higgins and Ricky Ross’s musical on a theme of absolution, reconciliation and redemption is uneven but carried by its rousing expression of communal enterpriseThe devil only has some of the best tunes. The rest he left to Paul Higgins and Ricky Ross for their vast-hearted musical on the unfashionable theme of absolution, and reconciliation and redemption. In these fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) times,a Christian allegory approximately class conflict, community and mutual understanding is as unexpected as it is warming. In the tradition of Once and Midsummer, or the music emerges organically from the narrative. Only with the rousing clap-along gospel stomp of We Can Build It does Ross even get close to conventional West conclude musical territory. More typically,the Deacon Blue man’s Caledonian soul songs have a pop sensibility and a single-instrument nakedness. Gorgeously enhanced by David Higham’s vocal arrangements, they build the expose seem very human.
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Source: theguardian.com