The show must go on!
In 2021, one of the most well-known West End musicals will premiere at PAC - Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. Widely recognised as Russell's masterpiece following such successes as Educating Rita, Blood Brothers is a hilarious, heartbreaking and multi-award winning musical which tells the story of the Johnstone twins. Separated at birth when their mother cannot afford to keep them both, Mickey and Edward grow up only streets away from each other but worlds apart - one rich, one poor. Each of them never knows they are a twin. By a twist of fate, the boys meet and become best friends, even falling in love with the same girl. There can be only one tragic end to this story when the prophecy of their death comes true in a shattering conclusion.
This is a highly charged tour de force taken on with gusto by the Princes Players and girls from our sister schools: Seymour College, Wilderness and Westminster Schools, performing some of the best musical numbers ever written and accompanied by the Year 10 band. After a tumultuous year, but with their eyes firmly fixed on the prize, the Players look forward to presenting a realistic, gritty performance of emotional depth. With some adult themes, suggested violence and apparent gunshots, the production is advised for students aged 12+.
Blood Brothers is only one of three musicals to ever run on the West End in London for more than ten thousand performances (the other two musicals are Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera). It will come to PAC in September for three nights only. Don't miss it!
Paula Little
Director of Performing Arts