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Presented by Next Stage Youth Theatre Company

"So did you ever hear the tale of the Johnston twins
As like each other as two new pins;
Of one womb born, on the self same day
How one was kept, one given away?"

Twin boys – Mickey and Edward – are separated at birth. They meet again by chance as seven year olds and become firm friends despite the class and culture divide between them. We follow their story through childhood escapades, teenage angst and young adulthood. Tragedy strikes when both brothers fall in love with the same woman. Mickey becomes increasingly jealous of Eddie and finally decides to take the law into his own hands.

Willy Russell's original version of Blood Brothers is brought to The Mission Theatre by two talented casts of Next Stage Youth members. The play has the sparkling dialogue and characteristic wit that are Russell's trade marks and includes the classic hit: Dancing Like Marilyn Monroe from the later musical version of this play.

Don't miss this gripping story of love, loss and ultimate retribution – a real crowd-pleaser and the perfect vehicle for some of Bath's most
accomplished young actors. Directed in the round by Next Stage's Artistic Director Ann Ellison BEM