Northern Soul

...Elaine Constantine’s debut scores with its soundtrack, its characters, its performances and its affectionate portrayal of a small-town ’70s Lancashire where Wigan looks like the big time.

...Constantine catches the energy of the dancehall with aplomb, transporting her audiences from the empty floors of dour neighbourhood youth clubs to the throng of the Wigan Casino with urgent ease.

...a gritty kind ofbildungsroman set in an extremely particular music and dance scene inworking-class Britain in the early '70s...