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Following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, theatres re-opened and Lyn Paul returned to the stage to complete her Farewell Tour as "the definitive Mrs. Johnstone" in Blood Brothers.
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| Slough & South Bucks Observer, Sunday, 3rd January 2021. |
BYGONES: HGV smashes into couple’s home
by Isabella Perrin
Isabella Perrin took a look at the stories that had made the local news in January 1987 - among them, a 10-ton lorry losing control on a patch of icy road and a Britwell actor, Derek Holt, recalling his seven-week run in the pantomime Dick Whittington, including a performance when “Lyn Paul (Dick) tripped over me."
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| Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 6th January 2021, page 27. |
Geoff Stephens
An obituary for songwriter Geoff Stephens, who had died from pneumonia on Christmas Eve 2020.
"With Tony Macaulay, Stephens created numerous chart hits including You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me for the New Seekers, a British No 1 in January 1974. Stephens borrowed the title from his Swiss secretary Roxanne, who had been dumped by her boyfriend and who tearfully told Stephens: “He won’t find another fool like me.”"
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| Sunday Post, Sunday, 11th April 2021. |
New Seekers singer on why band's biggest hit sounded like home
by George Mair
An interview with Eve Graham, taken from her appearance on Jackie Bird’s Top of the Scots series on BBC Radio Scotland. Eve is quoted as saying: "I can’t do ‘world’ and my biggest hit’s got ‘world’ in the title. That’s why it comes out like that, because it’s the most impossible word to try and sing without a Scots accent."
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| Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Saturday, 14th August 2021. |
Exclusive: The Alhambra is re-opening - at last! Here's what's coming up
by Emma Clayton
"As the Alhambra prepares to re-open, following an 18-month closure due to the pandemic, the T&A exclusively reveals the line-up for Bradford Theatres venues this Autumn...
Lyn Paul returns as Mrs. Johnstone for her farewell tour in Blood Brothers. Tissues required."
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| Oxford Mail, Tuesday, 17th August 2021. |
'Standing ovation' musical Blood Brothers returns to Oxford this month
by Miranda Norris
The Oxford Mail heralded the return of Blood Brothers to the New Theatre, Oxford.
"It stars Lyn Paul on her farewell tour in the role of Mrs. Johnstone which she first made her own in London’s West End... Ms Paul first found fame in the early 1970s as a member of the New Seekers whose hit I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing remains one of the 100 best-selling UK singles of all time."
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| Plymouth Evening Herald, Thursday, 19th August 2021, page 22. |
Much loved musical is still relevant today...
by Andy Phillips
"For leading actor Lyn Paul, it is a farewell tour as Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's musical drama, having first played the role in 1997, some 24 years ago."
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| Western Morning News, Thursday, 19th August 2021, page 5. |
1980s musical's themes are still relevant today
by Andy Phillips
"Lyn Paul effortlessly plays her part to perfection."
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| West Sussex Gazette, Tuesday, 7th September 2021. |
Blood Brothers - as always the complete theatrical experience
by Phil Hewitt
"No matter how many times you see it, Blood Brothers never fails to pack the most powerful of punches – always among the very best that theatre can offer...
Lyn Paul was our Mrs. Johnstone tonight, that poor Liverpudlian mother who finds herself sucked into the most awful of pacts when her number of children starts to seriously exceed her ability to make ends meet."
This review was also published in the Bognor Regis Observer, Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Midhurst and Petworth Observer.
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| Nottingham Post, Thursday, 16th September 2021, page 24. |
All emotions laid bare for Lyn's final bow
by Andy Smart
"Lyn Paul never gives less than her all to this challenging role but in her farewell tour she reaches even deeper to draw out every ounce of drama and pathos."
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| Birmingham Post, Thursday, 16th September 2021, page 32. |
SHOWBUZZ: Lyn's Farewell Tour
The Birmingham Post brought news of Lyn Paul's return to the Birmingham Hippodrome in November: "Lyn Paul is returning to Blood Brothers for the final time to play the iconic role of Mrs. Johnstone which she has made her own."
Tne same news item also appeared in the Birmingham Mail on 17th September 2021 (page 34).
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| Dundee Courier, Thursday, 16th September 2021, page 28. |
Time for the SNP to pitch more prosaic and plausible version of independence
by Alex Bell
The New Seekers and Scottish politics? It's hard to imagine but for Alex Bell reading extracts from the SNP conference brought to mind The New Seekers.
"Instead of hearing Sturgeon’s voice assuring us indy will be wonderful, the lyric to I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing got stuck in my head."
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| Cheltenham Post, Friday, 3rd December 2021. |
Blood Brothers - a must see!
by Bryan Matheison
"In Les Misérables Jeff Leyton kept Colm Wilkinson on his toes, Betty Buckley in Sunset Boulevard is arguably the greatest Norman Desmond of them all and Lyn Paul here as Mrs. Johnstone she affirms yet again this is a role she has truly made her own... here once again she has given us a truly individual performance to be treasured... both she and Willy Russell's Blood Brothers are incredibly special."
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