Blood Brothers

Their lives were worlds apart... their destiny joined them together

Blood Brothers - Now booking into its 20th phenomenal year!

Willy Russell's classic musical Blood Brothers is set in Liverpool and is about twins separated at birth but whose paths cross in later life. Contains the haunting song 'Tell Me It's Not True'.

"One of the best British musicals ever... vibrantly and grippingly alive" The Sunday Times

So did y' hear the story of the Johnstone twins? As like each other as two new pins.
Of one womb born, on the self same day, how one was kept and one given away?
An' did you never hear how the Johnstones died, never knowing that they shared one name,
Till the day they died, when a mother cried, 'my own dear sons lie slain'.
An' did y' never hear of the mother so cruel, there's a stone in place of her heart?
Then bring her on and come judge for yourselves, how she came to play this part.
(The Narrator's Overture from Blood Brothers, lyrics by Willy Russell)

PLEASE NOTE: The recommended age for children for this show is 12 years and above.

"A milestone in British musical" The Sunday Express

"A thrillingly original and important piece, altogether bigger and more ambitious than almost any other modern work one can think of. It stands tall and proud... Brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval" The Daily Mail

"Far from running out of steam. Bob Tomson's production has a full head of steam as it goes into its second decade... Russell is better known as a playwright, and his dialogue - unlike that of several recent musicals - does more than just mark time between songs. The two complement one another: Russell's anatomising of the poverty trap, for example, is impressively economical only because his dialogue shares the burden of its illustration with some uncommonly expressive songs." The Observer

Blood Brothers the Musical was originally seen in London at the Lyric Theatre where it opened 11 April 1983 and closed 22 October 1983. The show was then revived in London opened 28 July 1988, closed 16 November 1991 at the Albery Theatre before transferring to The Phoenix Theatre from 21 November 1991.