Blood Brothers

Synopsis

Musical melodrama set in Liverpool about twins separated at birth and the effects on their personalities as they grow up of 'nature' and 'nurture'. A poor family, already with kids, is blessed with twins, but they can't cope. The mother cleans at a `posh' house where they are desparate to have kids but can't and a deal is struck which no-one must know about. Despite the efforts of the new family the boys paths cross time and time again as they grow and one becomes `bad' while the other is 'good'. Eventually they clash with tragic consequences. The musical is un-usual in having a "narrator" who helps to move the plot along.

Our Review:

John Dixon - 1 March 2011

Willy Russell’s musical Blood Brothers is a worldwide smash and each performance is rewarded with a standing ovation. Where many actors have donned Joseph’s Technicolor Dream coat over the years, many actresses have played down trodden Mrs Johnstone (including many of the Nolan sisters and Petula Clark). On this occasion Niki Evans (X Factor) steps perfectly in to the role (which she has previously played in the West End where the show is still running).

It’s not giving anything away to say that this is an emotional rollercoaster of a show that gives its terrible heart wrenching ending away right at the start. However, the story of how we work back to the end, if you follow, is riveting and several of the audience around me were literally in floods of tears at the finale, along with Niki Evans as she sang "Tell Me It’s Not True.."

The story follows Mrs Johnson, already the mother of several children, who finds she is pregnant with twins sh...

Read more of the review

Latest User Review

helen k - 13 March 2011:

Excellent, second time and just as good as the first. still cried buckets!...

Read more and add your own review