#GENTLEMANJACK TOUR @ BRIGHTON Sallis Benney Theatre

The writers of the theme song for hit BBC 1 drama Gentleman Jack are going on tour – and you can see them perform their hit song live.

The theme song was written by Huddersfield folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow back in 2011

The BBC/HBO drama Gentleman Jack, written and directed by BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright and featuring Suranne Jones as the extraordinary Anne Lister and theme song from British radical folk band O’Hooley & Tidow as the closing theme tune. The drama received the highest audience viewing figures of any BBC drama in 2019. Filming starts in 2020.

Belinda and Heidi’s boundless songwriting has been described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional’ and The Independent as ‘defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times we live in.’ Their song ‘Gentleman Jack’ features as the closing theme song for Sally Wainwright’s latest BBC/HBO drama series Gentleman Jack. From an emotionally charged song about an elephant orphanage in Nairobi, to a joyous celebration of the Leeds cycling champion Beryl Burton, they explore, consider and connect subjects and stories in a distinctive, inventive and memorable way.

Having the originality and skill to invite comparison with the most celebrated harmony duos, from early Simon and Garfunkel to the iconic Kate and Anna McGarrigle, 6 Music’s Tom Robinson says ‘They sing together in the way families do. Normally, you only get that closeness in the voices with family bands like The Coppers or The Watersons.’

#GENTLEMANJACK TOUR @ BRIGHTON Sallis Benney Theatre

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