Blood Brothers

by Willy Russell

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Exec

Director - Tilly James

Assistant Director - Amy Vyskocil-Flint

Producer - Naomi Barks

Assistant Director - Anna Hazell

Special Thanks

Chloe George

Finn O'Grady

Thomas McCarthy

Tommy Haines

Cast

Mickey - Matthew Malkin

Edward - Lucas Churchill

Linda - Holly Maguire

Narrator - Richard Bannister

Mrs Johnstone - Katie Laing

Mrs Lyons - Morgan Gill

Mr Lyons - Guy Ellis

Sammy - Freddie King

Ensemble - Malachi Atherton, Anna Hazell, Robert Marshall & Holly Roberts

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Prod

Set Designer - Zarah Taylor

Lighting Designer - Catrin Parry

Sound Designer - Nicole Christmas

Costume, Hair & Make-Up - Isobel Hall

Stage Manager - Tabi Arnfeld

Fight Coordinator - Andras Bence Kecskes

Intimacy Coordinator - Elizabeth Winstanley

Photographer - Christina Pinhorn

Play Synopsis:

Set in 1960s Liverpool, twin brothers Mickey and Edward are separated at birth after their mother, Mrs Johnstone, cannot afford to keep them both. She ends up giving up Edward away to a wealthy woman, Mrs Lyons. The two boys are raised in completely different environments in the city and are reunited through chance encounters as children, becoming friends, and swearing to be each other's blood brother forever. However, as they grow up, the two can’t ignore the class difference and love triangle with their mutual childhood friend Linda, with the building conflict erupting into fatal conflict.

The production and my role:

Blood Brothers was Drama Society's 2023 "Fresher's Play." It appeared on the Autumn line-up as the week 8 weekend show, with performances from Nov. 24th-26th, 2023. The "Fresher's Play" allowed opportunity for new first year undergraduate/postgraduate students at the university to get involved in theatre!

When applying to be a part of the Fresher's Play, I went for the role of assistant director as I was unfamiliar with the widely GCSE text of Blood Brothers and really wanted to work along someone who had a better grasp of the text than me to create this production. As assistant director, I was responsible for aiding the director in achieving their artistic vision, stepping in and leading some rehearsals as was needed and providing a different perspective to the show's rehearsal process. I also played a key role in aiding the cast and crew as we all navigated our production week in the drama barn. We faced a lot of issues, primarily coming from changes in the cast and production team, however as an exec team, we were able to work as together and create solutions to our problems, bouncing back and being able to put on three spectacular shows. I would be lying if I didn't say that working on the Fresher's Play was not stressful, but I think it was the perfect introduction to have had on how the society works and how much dedication and effort it takes to pull off a show of any kind. I had a lot of fun working with this lovely group of talented people!

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