THEATRE

As an avid lover of Blood Brothers the musical (which I can’t even remember how many times I’ve seen on the West End…) I was looking forward to seeing this theatre production at the Fringe – and I was not disappointed.

My first observation was that the theatre production has many different changes to the storyline as the musical. Blood Brothers is about two brothers who grow up together, unaware of the true proximity of their relationship. Because of this, there are disastrous consequences.

Set mainly in the seventies and eighties, this performance looks at inequalities of wealth and where the power lies in society. Performed by very talented actors, who manage to keep the audience in suspense, for the duration of the performance, this adaption of Blood Bothers manages to show the true emotions of the characters just as well as that of other stage shows in the West End.

Blood Brothers has very funny, happy scenes and very quickly changes to heart-breaking, destructive scenes. The actors have no problem adapting very quickly to these quick scene changes.

The Brothers mature throughout the show. We see them at the ages of seven fourteen and finally twenty-five. Neither of the Brothers face any difficulty in acting out these changes in such a short space of time.

A very good performance of Blood Brothers with excellent actors that manage to show the true emotion that is needed in such a heart-breaking play.