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Drama Response – Blood Brothers

Our ext for this term was a play called “Blood Brothers” written by Willy Russell and set in Liverpool. I knew the story beforehand and so had an overview of the story and characters. Before we started to read the script we did a rainstorm about Blood Brothers to put together what we knew.

After reading the script through in class I realised there was a lot about the show that I don’t know, my first impression was that the play was very true to the modern day society in terms of class and the judgement of character and the stereotypical perceptions of people. I though Willy Russell managed to write a really good story which had a good story line but showed some down to earth truths about society and the families of that era. My favourite part of the script was the kid’s game; I liked it immediately by just the words because I felt it really portrayed the immaturity and energy of young and carefree children. This is shown when Linda makes up the excuse of the bullet being ‘stopped by the bin lid’; this highlights the quick thinking excuse that children are able to come up with to avoid losing a game. In my opinion Willy Russell is a great writer because he is able to convey a lot of depth and meaning to the words he writes without making them blindingly obvious. Overall I find “Blood Brothers” a great script because the plot is deep and tense by also incredibly touching to the audience.

We also went to se “Blood Brothers” stage show at The Phoenix Theatre in London, and was performed by the Ambassador Theatrical Company. My first reaction to the theatre was that it was really small but also really cosy and welcoming. The colour theme win the theatre was deep red velvet which immediately made me think of suspense and drama and this was enhanced by the eerie red lighting cast on the gauze. I also liked the fact that the audience formed the fourth wall which was occasionally broken by the actors as it made me feel that the characters re interacting with the other characters and you. I thought that the set worked very well, because although you can see graffiti in Mrs Lyons room but it doesn’t matter because you know that it’s not representing a real house. This makes the set minimalist but very effective, I also liked the fact that there is an off-world set such as Mickey’s house and the field in the countryside. An initial thought that came to me was that it was difficult t see emotion clearly on the characters face when sitting in the dress ring.

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Set:

The first stimulus that was used in preparation for Blood Brothers was a self made drama piece about fate and destiny. My initial response to this was anxiousness because Fate and Destiny seemed like a very wide subject however we started to plan it out with a brainstorm of general ideas. We chose the idea of a tour around a castle with an archaeologist wanting to steal the stone tablet of King Arthur. We brainstormed the idea further:

Brainstorm:

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