Blood Brothers Reviews

Willy Russell is probably better known for plays like Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita, Stags and Hens and One For The Road. So when he came to write musical you can imagine the cynicism this news received. The man had no previous experience of musical writing and couldn't write a note of music. But his critics were soon eating ...  Read the complete review

currently running at the phoenix theatre in london, this is a very effective and sad tale of Mrs Johnson who gives birth to twins but can't afford to keep both of them. In desperation she gives one away to her rich employer. This twin grows up in wealth while the twin Mrs Johnson keeps grows up in abject poverty. The boys ...  Read the complete review

An enjoyable, if a little dark in parts, musical. It has an intelligent plot and is funny in parts but has it's share of 'weepy' moments. It's been around for many years and it is one of the rare long-running musicals in London which it is easy to get tickets for. They almost always have tickets if you just turn up at the theatre ...  Read the complete review

As well as being a great musical, the story of blood brothers is fantastic too. The musical is based on the play 'blood brothers' by Willy Russell. It is about twins who grow up in different families because the mother gives one away, and how they finally meet and realise they are twins. There is a certain creepyness about the ...  Read the complete review