Russell wrote Blood Brothers in 1981, and it was first performed ... industrial working-class areas in northern England, such as Liverpool - where Russell is from and where the play is set.

Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers tends to be one of those ‘Marmite musicals’ - some people can’t stand it, but most people ...

While one twin is dragged up in the slums of Liverpool, the other who ... But don’t be put off; “Blood Brothers” is not all doom and gloom, as there are so many amusing interludes in ...