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Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
This show at the Empire Theatre was written by Willy Russel and has the following actors to make great live performances and the Empire Theatre: Lyn Paul, Stephen Palfreman, Craig Whiteley, Joanne Zorian, Keith Burns, Louise Clayton, Daniel Taylor, Jason Griffiths, Matt Slack and Chloe Taylor. Others actors at the Empire Theatre include Jason Griffiths, Matt Slack, Chloe Taylor, Tom Lorean and Karl Greenwood. This Empire Theatre production also used the acting talents of the minor players of Lisa Taylor Roberts and Patrick Taggart. The Blood Brothers version at the Empire Theatre was directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright with musical supervision by Rod Edwards during April of this year.
The first appearance of this play in Liverpool (at the Empire Theatre) was well over twenty years ago and it return’s to Willy Russels native home town with a great set of performances at the Empire Theatre. The crowd around the auditorium seemed to welcome the play with a great reception and gave them cause to laugh and shed a few tears. The play has a relatively familiar plot-line, featuring some twins who get separated at birth. This Empire Theatre play unravelled to reveal that the twins were put into two different families, one rich and one poor, with a life of living in slums. The leading actress was good in her portrayal of the Blood Brothers’ Mother and kept the Empire Theatre audience riveted. There was humour and pathos in her performance that thrilled the Empire Theatre crowd.
Going for a song at the Liverpool Empire Theatre
There were some great songs, with the acoustic excellence in the Empire Theatre lending itself to the song at the opening of the play, called ‘Marilyn Monroe’. This was nothing compared to a following song that wowed the Empire Theatre crowd, showing off her talents with ‘Tell Me It’s Not True’ an emotional song that had the audience on their feet as it finished and was an obvious highlight for all those people who were watching the play.
The supporting cast at the Empire Theatre also shone during their performances in this Willy Russell play. The male performer Stephen was playing the small, poor child, Mickey, and was effective in his portrayal in a sensitive and also cheeky and boyish in his character. Then as he continued to entertain the Empire Theatre audience you could see the pathos of his character as he grew to be an adult with personal problems with a wasted life, no job, no friends, no money and a small but demanding family to look after – emotionally and economically. In spite of most of these occurrences being because of his own actions, the Empire Theatre audience seemed to stay loyal to the character.
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