BLOOD BROTHERS

The hugely popular play by the well-known author of Educating Rita, Willy Russell. It is fast-moving and perceptive, entertaining and thought-provoking, funny yet ultimately tragic.

It tells the tale of twin brothers who are born into a large working-class family and what happens when their mother decides to have one of them adopted. Blood Brothers looks at the differences and conflicts of their upbringings, their relationships with each other and with their real and adopted mothers.

"Willy Russell has done it again - written an entertaining thought-provoking hit of a play." The Stage

"Brilliant melodrama." Guardian

NB — This is not the musical version

BUGSY MALONE

The pie-flinging, pinstripe-wearing, pint-sized classic is brought to the musical stage in this adaptation of the hit film that catapulted a young Jodie Foster to stardom!

A cast of youngsters play Prohibition-era mobsters in this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 1920s gangster flick. It seems Fat Sam (Finlay Raffle), who runs one of the most popular speakeasies in town, is in danger of being closed down by his "business rival" Dandy Dan (Michael Strachan). Enter baby-faced Bugsy Malone (Kyle McCord), a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to Fat Sam. Unfortunately, Bugsy has also caught the eye of Sam's girlfriend Tallulah (Amber Cochrane) – though he's set his designs on the showgirl Blousey Brown (Katie Lynch)...

As in the film, the "non-violent" gang war is fought with "splurge guns" which spew forth custard pies instead of bullets. It’s a thoroughly charming, irreverent and clean (though very messy) showcase for a cast of talented young performers, with a book by Alan Parker, and a catchy, honky-tonk score by Paul Williams, one of the most popular songwriters of the '70's and '80's.