After it was previously announced that Blood Brothers would close on Saturday 27th October 2012, after nearly 24 years in the West End, it has now been revealed that the show has extended its run by 2 weeks! On Ticketmaster you can now buy tickets up until Saturday 10th November 2012.
Vivienne Carlyle also confirmed the news on Twitter. This is fantastic news for the show but I am sure some fans of the show who bought tickets for what they thought would be the last performance will now be left disappointed.
Blood Brothers was first seen as a comprehensive school production in Russell’s native Liverpool in 1981, before receiving a professional premiere at the Liverpool Playhouse and subsequent West End transfer to the Lyric Theatre, where it had a brief run, two years later. In 1988, Kenwright revived the musical to award-winning effect at the Albery Theatre, transferring it in January 1991 to the Phoenix Theatre, where it has been running ever since.
The touring production, starring Marti Pellow, continues an extensive UK-wide schedule. A spokesperson for Bill Kenwright Ltd said of the West End closure: “This is the end of a chapter, but by no means the end of Blood Brothers.”
The current West End cast of Blood Brothers features Vivienne Carlyle (as Mrs Johnstone), Philip Stewart (Narrator), Mark Rice Oxley (Mickey), Paul Christopher (Eddie) and Abigail Jaye (Mrs Lyons). No further productions have yet been announced for the 1000-seat Phoenix Theatre.
This is untrue, the final performance IS 27th October.
ReplyDeleteSomeone tweeted Vivienne the other day saying 'is it true that Blood Brothers has extended to November 10th?!' and she replied 'Yes it has but the Cast for the extension is still to be confirmed'
Deletelook for youself. You can by tickets up until the 10th of November.
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ReplyDeletelook for yourself - phone up and ask to buy tickets.
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