Nadia Fall’s second season at the Young Vic gets off to a real firecracker of a start, with the world premiere of a new musical based on Ridley Scott’s smash 1991 film about two women who snap one day and head out on a nihilistic road trip with a very famous denoument. Written by the film’s screenwriter Callie Khouri, helmed by US indie director Trip Cullman and with songs – rather astonishingly – by cryptic alt country icon Neko Case, the musical has been in the works for some time and clearly the Young Vic has essentially baggsied the out of town tryouts for an American show (an increasing trend here). But clearly it’s a very cool American show, and the edgy Vic has been picked for a reason: we’re not expecting a big cheesy affair but something weirder – Case’s haunted country has become more commercial over the years, but it’s hard to really imagine her bashing out a conventional showtune.
In heavyweight casting, Amy Lennox will play disillusioned housewife Thelma and Rachel Tucker her sardonic waitress friend Louise.
