Brokeback Mountain
Author(s): Ashley Robinson, songs by Dan Gillespie Sells based on Annie Proulx’s short story
Company: Nica Burns
Running time: 1h 30min approx
Age recommendation: 16+
Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities.
When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth.
Dan Gillespie-Sells's country and western songs weave through this intense tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences.
This is a play with original music by Dan Gillespie Sells performed by Eddi Reader and her onstage country and western band: Sean Green (piano / MD), Meelie Traill (upright bass), Julian Jackson (chromatic harmonica), B J Cole (pedal steel guitar).
