Your doctor will let you know how to prepare for blood tests.ĭuring a blood test, a small sample of blood is taken from your body. For some, you may need to fast (not eat any food) for 8 to 12 hours before the test. Many blood tests don't require any special preparations. When you have routine checkups, your doctor may recommend blood tests to see how your body is working.
Website: Tuesday 3 rd - Saturday 7 th December Website: Tuesday 19 th November – Saturday 23 rd November Website: Tuesday 12 th November – Saturday 16 th November Website: Tuesday 5 th November – Saturday 9 th November Website: Monday 28 th October – Saturday 2 nd November Website: Tuesday 22 nd October – Saturday 26 th October Website: Monday 14 th October – Saturday 19 th October Website: Monday 30 th September – Saturday 12 th October Website: Tuesday 17 th September – Saturday 28 th September Tuesday 3 rd September – Saturday 14 th September Shirley Valentine also made the move from stage to screen in an enormously popular film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.ĭirected by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright Educating Rita, originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, enjoyed a two-year run in the West End and was made into a film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. His theatre credits include Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Breezeblock Park and Our Day Out. Willy Russell is one of this country’s leading contemporary dramatists. A sensational cast, brilliant book, show stopping music, remarkable staging and five-star performances make Blood Brothers an enthralling night of entertainment. It is not long before her brittle world crashes around her when she discovers herself to be pregnant yet again – this time with twins! In a moment of weakness and desperation, she enters a secret pact with her employer which leads inexorably to the show’s shattering climax. When Mrs Johnstone, a young mother, is deserted by her husband and left to her own devices to provide for seven hungry children she takes a job as a housekeeper in order to make ends meet. The memorable score includes A Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. One of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone.īlood Brothers tells the moving story of twin boys separated at birth, only to be reunited by a twist of fate and a mother’s haunting secret.
It has since completed sell out seasons in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan and ran in London’s West End for 24 years, exceeding 10,000 performances. This epic tale of Liverpool life started as a play, performed at a Liverpool comprehensive school in 1981 before opening at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983. Scooping up no fewer than four awards for Best Musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, Blood Brothers is simply ‘Unmissable and unbeatable’ (The Spectator). The rest of the cast for Blood Brothers includes Tim Churchill, G raham Martin, Gemma Brodrick, Hannah Barr, Graeme Kinniburgh, Shaun McCourt and Connor Bannister.Ĭonsidered ‘One of the best musicals ever written’ (Sunday Times), Blood Brothers, written by award-winning playwright Willy Russell has triumphed across the Globe. Alexander Patmore returns as Mickey alongside Robbie Scotcher as the narrator. Starring Lyn Paul in the iconic role of Mrs Johnstone for the final time, she will be joined by Joel Benedict as Eddie, Danielle Corlass as Linda, Danny Taylor as Sammy and Chloe Taylor as Mrs Lyons. Bill Kenwright’s ‘Dazzling’ (Sunday Telegraph) production of the international smash hit musical Blood Brothers returns this summer with a UK tour.