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	Podcast:		Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
	Episode:		How Emma Donoghue’s new musical stands up for immigrants then and now
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:25:22
	Publish Date:		2025-07-11 08:15:00
	Description:		Award-winning Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter and playwright Emma Donoghue (Room, The Wonder) is back with her first musical, “The Wind Coming Over The Sea.” It’s based on the true story of Henry and Jane Johnson, a young married couple who left Ireland in the 1840s in search of a better life in Canada. Emma joins Tom Power to talk about what inspired the production, the traditional Irish folk music she used to tell the tale, and why this historical story about the immigrant experience still resonates today.
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