Bill Kenwright’s ‘Dazzling’ (Sunday Telegraph) production of the international smash hit musical Blood Brothers returns this summer with a UK tour. Starring Lyn Paul in the iconic role of Mrs Johnstone for the final time, she will be joined by Joel Benedict as Eddie, Danielle Corlass as Linda, Danny Taylor as Sammy and Chloe Taylor as Mrs Lyons. Alexander Patmore returns as Mickey alongside Robbie Scotcher as the narrator.

The rest of the cast for Blood Brothers includes Tim Churchill, Graham Martin,Gemma Brodrick, Hannah Barr, Graeme Kinniburgh, Shaun McCourt and Connor Bannister.

Considered ‘One of the best musicals ever written’ (Sunday Times), Blood Brothers, written by award-winning playwright Willy Russell has triumphed across the Globe. Scooping up no fewer than four awards for Best Musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, Blood Brothers is simply ‘Unmissable and unbeatable’ (The Spectator).

This epic tale of Liverpool life started as a play, performed at a Liverpool comprehensive school in 1981 before opening at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983. It has since completed sell out seasons in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan and ran in London’s West End for 24 years, exceeding 10,000 performances. One of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone.

Blood Brothers tells the moving story of twin boys separated at birth, only to be reunited by a twist of fate and a mother’s haunting secret. The memorable score includes A Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True.

When Mrs Johnstone, a young mother, is deserted by her husband and left to her own devices to provide for seven hungry children she takes a job as a housekeeper in order to make ends meet.

It is not long before her brittle world crashes around her when she discovers herself to be pregnant yet again – this time with twins! In a moment of weakness and desperation, she enters a secret pact with her employer which leads inexorably to the show’s shattering climax. A sensational cast, brilliant book, show stopping music, remarkable staging and five-star performances make Blood Brothers an enthralling night of entertainment.

Willy Russell is one of this country’s leading contemporary dramatists. His theatre credits include Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Breezeblock Park and Our Day Out. Educating Rita, originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, enjoyed a two-year run in the West End and was made into a film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Shirley Valentine also made the move from stage to screen in an enormously popular film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.

 

Bill Kenwright presents

BLOOD BROTHERS

By Willy Russell

Directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright

Designed by Andy Walmsley                                   

Sound Designed By Dan Samson

Musical Direction by Kelvin Towse                       

Lighting Designed by Nick Richings

 

BLOOD BROTHERS - 2019 TOUR DATES

Tuesday 3rd September – Saturday 14th September                            

Liverpool Empire       

Box Office: 0844 871 7615                                                                    

Website: www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire   

Tuesday 17th September – Saturday 28th September          

Cardiff, New Theatre  

Box Office: 029 2087 8889                                                               

Website: www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk  

Monday 30th September – Saturday 12th October                

Birmingham Hippodrome    

Box Office: 0844 338 5000                                                    

Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com   

Monday 14th October – Saturday 19th October                      

Derby Theatre       

Box Office: 01332 59 39 39                                                                                      

Website: www.derbytheatre.co.uk  

Tuesday 22nd October – Saturday 26th October                      

Hull New Theatre

Box Office: 01482 300306                                                                          

Website: www.hulltheatres.co.uk  

Monday 28th October – Saturday 2nd November                   

Grand Opera House York    

Box Office: 0844 871 7615                                                                     

Website: www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york  

Tuesday 5th November – Saturday 9th November                

Crewe Lyceum

Box Office: 01270 368 242                                                                                               

Website: www.crewelyceum.co.uk  

Tuesday 12th November – Saturday 16th November            

Hastings, White Rock Theatre

Box Office: 01424 462 288                                                  

Website: www.whiterocktheatre.org.uk  

Tuesday 19th November – Saturday 23rd November                            

Dartford, Orchard Theatre  

Box Office: 01322 220000                                                    

Website: www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

Tuesday 3rd - Saturday 7th December                                        

Sunderland Empire   

Box Office: 0844 871 3022                                                                 

Website: www.atgtickets.com/sunderland  

Tuesday 10th – Saturday 14th December                                  

Eastbourne Congress Theatre

Box Office: 01323 412000                                                                

Website: www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk/venue/congress-theatre

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