Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers is a phenomenon. Nearly 30 years since its first performance at the Liverpool Playhouse it has played around the world, a fitting testimony to its strong tale of tangled fate and good motives resulting in bad deeds. This performance was nothing less than a tour de force, both in terms of artistic merit and emotional resonance. The central roles of Mrs Johnstone (Lyn Paul), Mickey (Sean Jones) and Edward (Joel Benedict) were faultless, while Kristofer Harding’s stalking, menacing presence as the narrator provided a sinister ambiance to the story. Unsurpassed and unmissable, this is as much a cultural event as an everyman musical.

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, 18 January 2016

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