Blood Brothers - Willy Russell > Reviews

Advantages: An fab musical!!
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Blood Brother’s “Once is never enough” Author: Willy Russell; Director: Bob Tomson; Producer: Bill Kenwright Ltd; Cast includes: Lyn Paul (Mrs Johnston) Philip Stewart (Narrator) Stephen Palfreman (Mickey), Mark Hutchinson (Eddie), Sarah Hay (Mrs Lyons), Louise Clayton (Linda), Stephen Pallister (Mr Lyons), Daniel Taylor (Sammy), Grant Aylward (PC/Teacher), Louis Tamone (Perkins), Louise Russell (Donna Marie), Alex Harland (Bus Conductor), ... Read review

Advantages: Its fantastic, so many emotions
Disadvantages: none, there are no disadvantages

"Blood Brothers" is the best play i have ever seen or read. I have seen the play performed 7 times and every time was as moving, hillarious, saddening and exciting as the last. When i saw the play for the first time, i wasn't prepared for the masive change of emotions i was about to experience. The play is about two twins seperated at birth as their mother (Mrs Johnston) cannot afford to keep them both. She sells one of the twins (Eddy) to ... Read review

Advantages: Great singing, acting and of course story
Disadvantages: Nothing

was first taken to see this show in London about 2 years ago as part of my drama course and after annoying my mum about how good it was and her becoming jealous we went to see it on tour first in Eastbourne then in Tunbridge Wells and I think we’re going to get tickets again for the one in London ***The Story*** The story I set in 1962 and revolves around two boys Mickey Johnstone and Eddie Lyons both from different backgrounds, one from a well ... Read review

Advantages: Incredible storyline
Disadvantages: None!!!!!!

Blood Brothers is an absolutely fantastic play, it brings out all of the human emotions because it is incredibly funny but also incredibly sad. I went to see it at Milton Keynes theatre with my school drama group and so I had the opportunity to read the paly first before I saw. When you read it is very funny but the emotion doesn't come accross half as well as it does on stage. If you get the opportunity to see this play I would recommend that you ... Read review

Advantages: Has many important themes to learn about
Disadvantages: None

Blood brothers has been on the GCSE syllabus now for how many years? And that’s how I first got introduced into the play so I read it over and over and over and over again so I'd like to say I know it pretty well, and I didn't get all that bored of it. The play begins with telling you the ending, believe it or not. It tells you that there were twins, one given away and one kept yet they both died on the same day. The narrator tries to tell us that ... Read review

Advantages: heart gripping and a all round good read
Disadvantages: nothing really

Blood Brothers was first writen as a school play. It is about two brothers (twins) seperated at birth, one given away to a woman called mre lyons and one kept by the byoligical mother mre johnstone. Mrs lyons is a very serious woman she wont let anyone get in her way if she wants something, she twisted and turned everything mrs johnstone said so she could have one of her babies (Eddie) because she couldn't concive any of her own, while her husband ... Read review

Advantages: brilliant writing/interesting topic
Disadvantages: none i can bring to mind

An excellent play. Music and lyrics by Willy Russell. At the pheonix theatre. This started out as a simple school play and has risen beyond any body's expectations. This show is one f the longest running musical in theatre history, it is still doing well after some twenty years. Most famously starring Babara Dickson, this show is one not to be missed and the cast are always fantastic and the story very bitter sweet and somewhat haunting ... Read review

I went to see this at the theatre with my school recently and really enjoyed it. We are reading the play and doing an exam on this play next year for my GCSE's and I can't wait. I like the way that the characters form and develop throughout the play and having not read the book, when I watched it I was on the edge of my seat because I didn't know what was going to happen and I really enjoyed it.

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i first went to see this play about 2 years ago with my drama group and i absolutely loved it. my friend Louise who had been to see it before had recommended it when we heard that there was a trip being organised. it is by far the best play i have ever seen and when we found out that for our A level coursework we had to do a comparative study i asked if i could do plays. i immediately chose 'blood brothers' when i was told that i could and chose to ... Read review

Advantages: Good play
Disadvantages: Sad ending!

...in drama, and I find Blood Brothers one of the best plays I've ever read. It tells the story of twin brothers who do not know that they are twins until the day they die. They live a hard life in the city of liverpool, until, about half way through the story, they move to Skelmersdale. It is written in a very emotional way, and when it is performed on stage, this emotion becomes apparent. Both actors and actresses alike enjoy performing this play, ... Read review

Advantages: heart warming story, powerful social commentary, sympathetic characters, engaging storyline
Disadvantages: tragic ending

Blood Brothers by Willy Russell is a heart-warming musical about twins separated at birth. If it sounds like a cliche, this may be because it it is one of the most famous examples of twins separated only to meet by chance and become best friends, 'blood brothers' in more ways than one. Of course it is not the only case of twin separation - but this is obviously less cheesy than The Parent Trap! I have taken part in Blood Brothers, and we performed ... Read review

Advantages: A very moving play
Disadvantages: Not one to leave you in a good mood

This is the story of twins who are split at birth. One stays with his mother, a poor cleaner, and grows up in poor surroundings. The other is given to the mother's boss, a woman who can't have children with her husband, and is rich. The play deals with how both the mother and the children behave in the years after this deal. We see the child which went to the rich family go to boarding school. The mother is upset when she is no longer allowed to ... Read review