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Last night my sister and I had an evening of culture at the theatre

Blood Brothers is the story of two brothers, one given away at birth and one kept, growing up in two distinctly different lifestyles; one living in luxury, the other living in poverty in Liverpool. And that's all I'll say of the storyline so not to spoil a 25 year old musical.

It was all exactly how I remembered it, back when I saw it in the West End, ooh, 15 years ago. The set was exactly the same with nifty perspective tricks and a slopey stage which must have been a nightmare for the high heel-wearing members of the cast.

Mrs Johnstone was played by last year's X-factor semi-finalist Niki Evans and she was surprisingly good. Very good in fact. And, bless her, she was crying her eyes out at the standing ovation at the end.

The woman sat next to me was also crying her eyes out at the end too.

All in all I'd give it a very enjoying and heart-moving 8/10.

My sister is now bugging me to go see High School Musical with her in December.

I'm currently trying to fuse glass and stop Bilbo getting scared by all the fireworks :(

And I'll finish off with a quick link round-up

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Ooooh, I love Blood Brothers! I saw the West End production starring Kiki Dee as Mrs Johnstone and Con O'Neill as Mickey three or four times, no joke (I was doing the obligatory junior study year in London at the time). I always break down at the end, myself.

Ooh, I've seen Blood Brothers three times all in all. Glad to hear the Nolan sisters have given someone else a chance to play Mrs Johnson.

SO jealous!

I saw that in NYC, and would you believe that the jerk next to me casually put all the blame on the birth mother and "the girl; it was all her fault." Presumably for falling in love.

I love the Halloween costume link, especially the Golden Snitch design and the couple dressed up as the Simpsons.