[3] The film starred Jessie Buckley and was directed by Tom Harper, based on an original screenplay by Nicole Taylor.

[11] The film follows Rose-Lynn, an aspiring country singer and single mother from Glasgow, who is recently released from Jail.

Having lost her job in the house band at Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry, she dreams of Nashville,[12] but the realities of raising two young children hits closer to home.

[15] Further principal casting included Blythe Duff as Marion, Janet Kumah as Susannah, Louise McCarthy as Jackie, Peter Hannah as Sam, Hannah Jarrett-Scott as Kathy, Andy Clark as Alan, Liz Ewing as Agnes and Amber Sylvia Edwards as Eileen.

[16][17] The show has a book by the film's original screenwriter Nicole Taylor, with direction by John Tiffany,[18] set design by Chloe Lamford,[6] costume design by Katrina Lindsay,[13] lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun[19] and choreography Steven Hoggett[20] and Vicki Manderson.