Ballad Lines – Southwark Playhouse
It's hard not to be inspired and astounded at the confidence, devotion and commitment that Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo have shown in getting Ballad Lines onto the stage. It's been about a decade in the making, with Anderson delivering the music and lyrics while collaborating with Azevedo on the book. From workshops in Chicago and tentative stagings at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2018), this show has evolved and finally landed, due to a lot of hard work and determination. Ballad Lines was first produced by KT Producing and Macrobert Arts Centre as A Mother's Song and was originally commissioned by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and American Music Theatre Project.
It should also be noted that Azevedo and Anderson aren't a pair of chancers who've winged it and landed on their f...
