A RAODS Youth Production

A Liverpudlian Tragedy

Willy Russell’s non-musical play version of his hugely popular and successfulmusical based loosely on the 1844 novella The Corsican Brothers. The story is a contemporary nature vs. nurture plot, revolving around twin brothers, Mickey and Edward, who are separated at birth as their mother cannot afford to keep them both. Raised only streets apart in the heart of Liverpool, the boys’ lives take two very different paths. However, following a chance meeting, the pair form an unlikely friendship. But what will happen if they ever find out the secret of their shared history? Their contrasting upbringing and the hand fate deals them is fast-moving, perceptive and ultimately tragic...