Actress Dawn Sievewright on her lead role as troubled Glasgow country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan

The Scotsman

Actress Dawn Sievewright on her lead role as troubled Glasgow country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan in the new Scottish musical Wild Rose, which will be launched at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh next year.

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00:00Wild Rose is a story about a young woman who has found herself in jail

00:06and she is obsessed with country music.

00:16When I first saw the film I was like, how amazing to see a female character like this

00:21allowed to absolutely let rip a working class woman, a Glaswegian woman.

00:27I was like, bring it on!

00:41Wild Rose I think is really, really important today as a story because to do what you love

00:48even if you have, you know, no matter what responsibilities you might have

00:52but not forgetting about where you come from and who it is that you are

00:57and not running away from that, pursuing that dream, but doing it for you.

01:08When I was 17 years old I just wanted away from home, away from responsibilities, away from stuff

01:13and I felt like going somewhere different would be better for me and now I'm home.

01:27When audiences come and see Wild Rose they're going to feel a number of things.

01:54I think they're going to have their kind of heart ripped open in all the best of ways.

02:02You will be crying and then two minutes later you'll be howling with laughter.

02:14You don't have to be into theatre or musical theatre to enjoy this.

02:17Come and have a walloping night out.

02:20And also it's about Scotland, the fact that we're Scottish and we're amazing at what we do.

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