{"id":26973,"date":"2018-06-02T21:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=26973"},"modified":"2018-06-02T21:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T20:43:54","slug":"norma-burke-chats-to-frances-mcnamee-the-star-of-stings-new-musical-the-last-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=26973","title":{"rendered":"Norma Burke chats to Frances McNamee, the star of Sting&#8217;s new musical The Last Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26974\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-170x110.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-90x59.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-370x241.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances-680x442.jpg 680w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Frances.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of starring alongside Kelsey Grammer (Frazier) in the musical Big Fish in London\u2019s West End, actress Frances McNamee comes to Dublin to play the starring role in <a href=\"http:\/\/bordgaisenergytheatre.ie\/index.php\/artist\/the-last-ship\">The Last Ship<\/a>, the debut musical theatre show by the iconic musician, singer and actor Sting .<\/p>\n<p>After receiving widespread critical acclaim and Five Star Reviews at it\u2019s official opening in Newcastle\u2019s Northern Stage, The Last Ship sets sail in Dublin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/bordgaisenergytheatre.ie\/\">Bord G\u00e1is Energy Theatre<\/a> on June 5th.<\/p>\n<p>This personal musical inspired by Sting\u2019s own childhood experiences, shows the collective defiance of a community facing the demise of the shipbuilding industry alongside a poignant and moving romantic tale of childhood sweethearts and the adults they grew up to become.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring an awe-inspiring and impressive set by award-winning 59 Productions, this is the Irish premiere of The Last Ship, Sting\u2019s heartfelt and empowering new musical.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA stirring musical. Some of the most thrilling writing I\u2019ve heard in a British musical\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nMichael Billington &#8211; The Guardian<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Truly amazing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Heart-breaking, uplifting, intimate and universal.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThe Stage<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7784\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7784','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=26973-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"FrancesMcNamee.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 9:02 &#8212; 8.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of starring alongside Kelsey Grammer (Frazier) in the musical Big Fish in London\u2019s West End, actress Frances McNamee comes to Dublin to play the starring role in The Last Ship, the debut musical theatre show by the iconic musician, singer and actor Sting . After receiving widespread critical acclaim and Five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7785\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7785','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=26973-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/FrancesMcNamee.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"FrancesMcNamee.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 9:02 &#8212; 8.3MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[10618,981,10615,7590,10617,10616,3049],"class_list":["post-26973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-arts-show-arts-2","tag-bord-gais-theatre","tag-dublin","tag-frances-mcnamee","tag-norma-burke","tag-sting","tag-the-last-ship","tag-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26976,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26973\/revisions\/26976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}