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The
Mill Community Education and Arts Centre,
Spiceball Park,
Banbury,
Oxon,
OX16 5QE
The
Oxford Apollo, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AG
Tel: 0870 606 3500
The Oxford Playhouse
Beaumont Street
Oxford
Ox1 2LW
Tel 01865 305305
Pegasus
Theatre
Magdalen Road
Oxford OX4 1RE
Tel 01865 792209
Burton
Taylor Theatre
Gloucester Street, Oxford
OX1 2BN
Tel: 01865 305 305
Old
Fire Station Theatre
40 George Street, Oxford
OX1 2AQ
Tel: 01865 297 170
The
Jericho Comedy Club
Upstairs at the Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton Street,
Jericho, Oxford OX2 6AE
Tel:01865 311 775
Modern
Art Oxford
Admission is Free
Open: Tues - Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 12:00-17:00, closed
Mon. Late openings on event nights
Tel. 01865 722733 Recorded info 01865 813830
Sonning Eye, near Reading
0118 969 8000
Friends
Meeting House, 42 St Giles, Oxford
Unicorn
Theatre, Checker Walk, Abingdon
Jongleurs
Comedy Club, 3-5 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW.
Railway
Inn
A415 Culham
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
Tel: 01367 710 593
Box Office:
Tel: 0870 7500659
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Blood
Brothers
The Oxford Apollo
May 27-31
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By
Louisa Hannan
So鈥
have you heard the story of the Johnstone twins? Well, if not, get
yourself down to the Apollo Theatre!
A
truly fantastic performance awaits you, and a show which will appeal
to every age group.
Set
in Liverpool, the musical journey tells the story of twins separated
at birth, who grow up in different social classes.
With
the lead character, Mrs Johnstone, giving away one of her sons to
the richer Mrs Lyons, the show is based around the superstition
that 鈥渋f either twin learns that he was once one of a pair, they
shall both immediately die鈥濃 you can guess the outcome.
Sounds
heavy, but believe me, when you鈥檙e treated to a hilarious first
act, watching grown men and women playing eight-year-olds growing
up in working-class Liverpool, you soon grasp the story.
Mrs
Johnstone, played wonderfully by Denise Nolan, along with Christoper
Warburton and Daniel Fine as Mickey and Eddie the twins, head an
incredibly strong cast.
Special
mention should also go to Keith Burns who gives a spine-tingling
performance as the narrator, representing the conscience of both
Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons.
It鈥檚
unsurprising that Blood Brothers is still going strong after 12
years in London's West End and countless national and international
tours.
Don鈥檛
expect falling chandeliers and flying cars, just an emotional rollercoaster
from beginning to end complete with some fabulous music.
You
really do get swept along with the emotion felt by the cast throughout
the entire show. Oh yes, and don鈥檛 forget tissues for the end!
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