Blood Brothers

• Theatre

  20th April The Hawkth Theatre in Crawley (Proscienuim Arch)
• Set

  Naturalistic brick flats, painted backdrop of the Smokey city of Liverpool at night/the countryside in Act 2, Fly set of Mrs. Lyon’s living room, balcony
• Lighting


  Backlighting, LED, Downlight, followspot, flood of light/wash (to indicate the time of day), strobe, sharp fresnel full body spot in Shoes upon a Table
• Sound


  Recorded functional, Live offstage, Song (abstract creative choice)
• Actors

  Sean Jones (Mickey), Joel Benedict (Eddie) Paula Tappenden (Mrs, Lyons) Nikki Evans (Mrs Johnstone) David Whitehead (Narrator)
• Set and costume designer

  Andy Walmsley
• Sound

  Dan Samson
• Lighting Designer

  Nick Richings
• Costume design

  Clothing set between 50’s and 80’s, represent the contrast in the social classes so is naturalistic in it’s style.
• Mrs Johnstone costume


  Black and white knee length Bonny skirt, loose white blouse for 1950s during Madelyn Monroe,  ’25 to 42’ a costume change to a mundane green, patterned spotted apron to symbolise poor living.
• Young Mickey

  broken, ripped, over-sized/large, dull-green woollen tank-top jumper, socks ripped and lost elastic, grey shorts, grubby.