Book for another two shows in our Spring 2023 Season at the same time and SAVE 15% with My Belgrade Subscription. Including a range of key quotations from across the play, this great English resource is aimed at helping students understand the play in preparation for their AQA or EDUQAS exam. Jean Menzies and Carl Anka take a look at what was going on in the 1980s when Willy Russell's Blood Brothers was written. It has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Musical’, as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail). Social attitudes were slow to change, families expected to have a 'nuclear' structure (mother, father, children).

While Blood Brothers speak about issues of its time and location, you should try to consider what the text has to say about people, human nature, societal structures etc.

Covering both acts, themes, characters and even the lyrical content of the songs themselves, everything you need to explore the play can be found below. Blood Brothers, a musical by Liverpudlian playwright Willy Russell, revolves around twin boys (Mickey and Edward) who are separated at birth and brought up in completely different environments in the city. The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. Written during a period of huge changes in society and politics, Blood Brothers draws the audience’s attention to the detrimental effect that social inequality can have on people’s lives.

Your table is reserved for the whole evening, so you can enjoy your dessert and drinks in the show interval. This Blood Brothers poster is a A0 pdfs in high resolution so it needs to be downloaded and printed by those purchasing the product. The superb score includes: Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe, E asy Terms and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. Teenagers" became a recognised age group, first time it was accepted that young people had their own culture and ways of behaving. This poster is ideal for classroom walls and highlighting key elements of the play, including a brief synopsis, characters, period, genre, style, lighting, key themes and issues etc.Working-class, UNI wasnt an option and became stuck in low-paid jobs for life, with little oppotunity for progress.