Once
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Once is a musical about an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music.
Synopsis
Over the course of a week in Dublin, their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolve into a powerful but complicated romance, heightened by the emotional vulnerability expressed in their songs.
The story is set against a musical backdrop that is both hauntingly beautiful and starkly realistic.
The musical captures the challenges of love, the pursuit of dreams, and the power of music to connect and transform.
Once is celebrated for its minimalist staging, intimate storytelling, and the unique way it integrates music directly into the narrative, with the cast also serving as the orchestra.
About the show
- Written by: Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
- Premiered: 2011
- Genres & themes: 2010s, Drama, Musical Theatre, One Act, Romance
- Setting: 2000s, Ireland
Songs from Once
- Leave
- Falling Slowly
- The North Strand
- The Moon
- Ej, Pada, Pada, Rosicka
- If You Want Me
- Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy
- Say It to Me Now
- Abandoned in Bandon
- Gold
- Sleeping
- When Your Mind’s Made Up
- The Hill
- It Cannot Be About That
- Gold (A Cappella)
- Falling Slowly (Reprise)