Marcy Aurora is back. After 20 years in the slammer, the former country music queen is in the studio with a fistful of songs and a story to tell. The only tale the press is interested in, alas, is how Marcy ended up in jail. Marcy, however, has a record to make. The everyday heartache of Lee Papa’s new play could be set to a million country numbers and is brought to life here by Biz Lyon as a hard-bitten Marcy. She is accompanied by Catherine Mieses as Colleen, the studio engineer coming along for the ride, who knows Marcy’s real-life back-catalogue better than anyone else, egging her on with brutal honesty.

Featuring a smattering of late-night songs in a show not that much longer than a Grand Ole Opry greatest-hits record, the result is an intimate look at one woman trying to rediscover her place in the world through the people she left behind. By the end, it might have taken a whole lot of hurt, but she finds her voice anew. 

Midnight In Nashville, Zoo Playground, until 24 August, 8.15pm.