Edward Alderton Theatre Home | News | This Season | Next Season | Bookings | Auditions | Members | Archive | History | Location | Links | Contact Us   Blood Brothers Studio version by Willy Russell Directed by Roz Betts 27 November - 4 December 1999 (7 performances) Twins - separated at birth - end up at different ends of the social spectrum, one becoming an Oxbridge graduated councillor and the other unemployed and imprisoned. Both fall in love with the same girl, who marries one but falls in love with the other... Cast Narrator Peter Gray Eddie Brian Callar Mickey Peter Griffin Mother Julie Lovelock Mrs Lyons Stephanie Dungate Linda Gaynor Fisher Milkman, Doctor David Hampton Policewoman Helen Bezer Crew Stage Manager Brenda Winn Assistant Stage Manager Angela Juett Set Construction Paul Lay Lighting  John Buckle, Sean Buckle, Jenny Devonshire Sound Linda Newton Review Studio version packs a punch The musical Blood Brothers has proved one of the most remarkable theatre successes of the past decade, a show that has thrived more on the strengths of its songs than its plot and which continues to earn standing ovations night after night in the West End. But what happens if you take away many of the characters in Willy Russell's story and ditch almost all the songs? Last week the Edward Alderton Theatre presented the studio version of the show. Director Roz Betts succeeded in coaxing such strong performances from her cast that much of the emotional power of the piece stayed intact. Peter Gray brought just the right air of cold intensity to the part of the mysterious narrator and Peter Griffin and Brian Callar were excellent as the twins, both as children and adults. Gaynor Fisher, too, brought a bubbly seductiveness to her early scenes as Linda and Julie Lovelock generated a powerful performance as Mrs Johnston. Roy Atterbury Kentish Times | 9 December 1999