Maggie (Reid musical)
musical by Johnny Reid
Maggie is a musical with music by Johnny Reid, Matt Murray and Bob Foster, and book and lyrics by Reid and Murray. It is based on the true story of Reid's grandmother, Maggie, a Scottish single mother living in the mining town of Lanarkshire, Scotland between 1954 and 1976.
Premise
Set in Lanark, Scotland, the events in the musical takes place over two decades, from 1954 to 1976. Maggie is a single mother struggling to raise her three sons, Shug, Tommy, and Wee Jimmy, following the death of her husband. In a post-war era, people are struggling to survive in a changing world, where many young people consider leaving Scotland to find work in other countries. The community rally around Maggie - as well as her friends Betty, Sadie, and Jean - who stay behind and fight through the hard times by holding on to love, family, friendship and humour.
Development
Reid first began working on the musical in 2016, who worked on it with Matt Murray. The musical, which was initially known as My Bonnie Lass, was developed as part of the Canadian Music Theatre Project at Sheridan College, under the guidance of Canadian theatre producer Michael Rubinoff. In 2018, a forty-five minute staged reading was performed by Sheridan College students. It was then further expanded into a ninety-minute musical, which was performed by Sheridan College students in February 2019.
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