Blood Brothers, written by Willy Russell, is set in Liverpool and tells the story of twins who are separated at birth, only to be reunited with a twist of fate.
Reprising her role of Mrs Johnstone, Lyn Paul was superb. She played the part of a down on her luck mother with sympathy and the performance was so full of emotion she cried real tears in “Tell me it’s Not True”. Her performance linked the whole show together.
Sean Jones as Mickey gave the best comic performance of the night with “Seven nearly Eight” really capturing the look and feel of a naughty school boy but the second half performance of a depressed Mickey really showed his talent as an actor. Paul Davies was brilliant as Eddie playing him perfectly as the naïve young schoolboy and the powerful councillor he becomes in later life.
My favourite performance of the night was Robbie Scotcher playing the Narrator never knowing when he was going to pop up in the scene a bit like The Observer from Fringe. He linked the scenes together strongly with his narration helping to build up the emotion to the devastating finale.
The set was brilliant conveying the depressing feel of Liverpool slums in the first half and the lighter countryside estate in the second half. The lighting was also used to full effect to display A must see! Blood Brothers will continue to run at the Bristol Hippodrome until Saturday 8 May 2010.
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