These pages provide details of some of the books, press articles and theatre programmes that have featured Lyn Paul during her long career.

Lyn Paul's dream of starring in a stage musical came true in 1997 when she was offered the lead role of Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. Since then she has played the part many times in the West End and at theatres around the UK.

In 2002 Lyn starred in the West End production of Boy George's musical Taboo. The following year she lent her talents to a new musical, The Biz!, by Chris Hamel-Cooke and Charles Garland. In 2007 she starred as Vi Moore in Footloose The Musical and in 2011 she originated the role of Sophie in Rhinestone Mondays. The programmes from these productions are described below.

Blood Brothers
UK tour 1997

Norwich Theatre Royal
5th - 17th May 1997

New Theatre, Hull
19th - 31st May 1997

Her Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
2nd - 14th June 1997

Grand Theatre, Swansea
16th - 28th June 1997

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
30th June - 12th July 1997

New Victoria Theatre, Woking
14th July - 2nd August 1997

The Hexagon, Reading
25th - 30th August 1997

Theatre Royal, Plymouth
1st - 13th September 1997

Hippodrome, Bristol
15th - 20th September 1997

Blood Brothers
UK tour 2002

Festival Theatre, Malvern
1st - 6th April 2006

The Empire Theatre, Liverpool
8th - 20th April 2002

Blood Brothers
UK tour 2006

In February 2006 Lyn Paul rushed to the rescue at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham when Linda Nolan pulled out of the Blood Brothers tour in order to have treatment for breast cancer. Lyn continued with the tour until the end of April, returning again for three weeks in October while Linda had chemotherapy. The programmes at the following venues were all hastily altered to reflect the cast change and include Lyn's biography.

The Hexagon, Reading
27th February - 4th;March 2006

Orchard Theatre, Dartford
6th - 11th March 2006

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
13th - 25th March 2006

The New Theatre, Cardiff
27th March - 8th April 2006

The Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-Under-Lyne
10th - 15th April 2006

The Empire Theatre, Liverpool
17th - 29th April 2006

Civic Theatre, Darlington
2nd - 7th October 2006

Birmingham Hippodrome
9th - 21st October 2006

Blood Brothers
The Empire Theatre, Liverpool
31st December 2007 - 26th January 2008

Producer Bill Kenwright staged a special production of Blood Brothers to mark Liverpool's year as European Capital Of Culture. He invited Lyn Paul to play the role of Mrs. Johnstone, commenting to the local press that of all the Mrs. Johnstones, she was probably the best.

Blood Brothers
UK tour 2009

In August 2009 producer Bill Kenwright asked Lyn Paul to join the UK touring production of Blood Brothers for two weeks while auditions were held to find a new Mrs. Johnstone. Lyn appeared at:

Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
Tuesday, 18th - Saturday, 22nd August 2009

Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Monday, 24th - Saturday, 29th August 2009

A programme was printed for Lyn's second week at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. At the first week of shows in Bournemouth theatregoers were only able to buy the Blood Brothers souvenir programme with an A4 cast list as an insert.

Lyn had only planned to join the touring productiion for those two weeks but when Bill Kenwright made her an offer she "couldn't refuse", Lyn flew back from Spain to re-join the cast for the remainder of the 2009 tour.

Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Monday, 7th - Saturday, 12th September 2009

Empire Theatre, Sunderland
Monday, 14th - Saturday, 26th September 2009

Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline
Monday, 28th September - Saturday, 3rd October 2009

Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby
Monday, 5th - Saturday, 10th October 2009

Opera House, Manchester
Monday, 12th - Saturday, 24th October 2009

Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Monday, 26th - Saturday, 31st October 2009

The Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
Monday, 2nd - Saturday, 7th November 2009

Theatre Royal, Brighton
Monday, 9th - Saturday, 14th November 2009

Leicester De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Monday, 16th - Saturday, 21st November 2009

Charter Theatre, Preston
Monday, 23rd - Saturday, 28th November 2009

Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
Monday, 30th November - Saturday, 5th December 2009

Blood Brothers
UK tour 2010

The 2010 UK touring production of Blood Brothers started in Scotland. Lyn Paul joined the company in Tunbridge Wells. Vivienne Carlyle temporarily took over the role of Mrs. Johnstone in Richmond, while Lyn recovered from a chest infection she had picked up in Bradford.

King's Theatre, Glasgow
1st-13th February 2010

Eden Court, Inverness
15th-20th February 2010

Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
23rd - 27th February 2010

Festival Theatre, Malvern
1st - 13th March 2010

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
15th - 20th March 2010

Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Tel: 22nd - 27th March 2010

Theatre Royal, Nottingham
29th March - 10th April 2010

Empire Theatre, Liverpool
12th - 24th April 2010

Bristol Hippodrome
26th April - 8th May 2010

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
10th - 22nd May 2010

Cliff's Pavilion, Southend
31st May - 5th June 2010

Buxton Opera House
7th - 19th June 2010

New Theatre, Cardiff
21st June -  3rd July 1010

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
5th - 17th July 2010

White Rock Theatre, Hastings
19th - 24th July 2010