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In February Lyn Paul announced that she and eleven of her colleagues from Blood Brothers were making a calendar to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. The calendar, titled 'The Ladies of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers... 'Uncovered', is out now!
The other calendar girls are: Louise Clayton, Rebekah Clifford, Zara Wyn, Vivienne Carlyle, Emma Reyes, Joanne Zorian, Ashley Morgan, Sarah Hay, Niki Evans, Olivia Sloyan and Emma Thornet.
Read Lyn's e-mail announcing the news on the Messages page of the website.
To find out more about the Alzheimer's Society and to order your copy of the calendar visit the charity's website.
Lyn Paul has just completed the UK tour of a new musical, Rhinestone Mondays - a Country music comedy which centred around the fights and feuds taking place at the Warbleswick 'Monday Night All Star Line Dancing Club'
Lyn Paul sang the Country classics Crazy, Stand By Your Man and Ring Of Fire. Other cast members included: Shaun Williamson (Eastenders, Extras), Faye Tozer and Ian H Watkins (H from Steps).
The musical was originally scheduled to tour theatres in the UK and Ireland for 12 weeks from August - November but ended its run early at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
29th August
Colchester Mercury
12th September
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
19th September
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
26th September
Mayflower, Southampton
3rd October
New Theatre, Cardiff
10th October
Belfast Grand
17th October
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
24th October
Orchard Theatre, Dartford - cancelled
31st October
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry - cancelled
7th November
Dundee Rep Theatre - cancelled
14th November
Dublin Gaiety - cancelled
21st November
New Theatre, Wimbledon - cancelled
Added: 19th May 2011
Updated: 23rd October 2011
Rhinestone Rehearsals
Rehearsals for Rhinestone Mondays began on Monday, 8th August 2011.
Photos of the rehearsals taken at the Dance Attic, London on 18th August, are available from photographer Dan Wooller. Order direct from Dan's website or via the What's On Stage website.
You can also get a glimpse of the rehearsals on YouTube. Just click on the images below.
Added: 29th August 2011
Updated: 17th October 2011
Lyn Paul has been honoured by theatregoers at the Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline, who have voted her 'Best Actress in a Professional Production' for her portrayal of Mrs. Johnstone in the touring production of Blood Brothers.
The 'Best Actor in a Professional Production' was Sean Jones as Mickey in the same show. The show itself won 'Best Professional Production'.
Having joined the UK touring production of Blood Brothers for two weeks in August 2009, Lyn Paul was persuaded by producer Bill Kenwright to come back and complete the tour. In 2010 Lyn signed on for another six months.
Following the tour, Lyn returned to the West End production at the Phoenix Theatre. She started on Tuesday, 31st August 2010 and gave her last performance was on Friday, 19th November. Lyn Paul first played the part of Mrs. Johnstone in 1997, making regular appearances in the West End production and occasional appearances in the touring production.
In December 2008 Lyn was voted the 'Undisputed Mrs. J. of all time' by fans of the show at the Blood Brothers Online website.
18th December 2009
Updated: 25th April 2011
"Lyn Paul is unbearably brilliant as Mrs. Johnstone, the long-suffering Liverpudlian single-mother-of-nine. Her singing pitch-perfect, her passionate portrayal of the story’s flawed heroine an object lesson in the genre, her eyes heartbreakingly emotive at every turn." (Andy Afford, Left Lion)
"Lyn Paul... offers thrilling vocal form as a working-class mother who gives away one of her twin baby sons... Paul’s musical experience has, like the production, spanned the decades and it shows...
With her strong voice, she can sing in a whisper and the audience hangs on every word. As the final tragedy unfolds, her resilience finally broken, she delivers the famous closing song 'Tell Me It's Not True' with raw, heart-rending intensity." (Ian Moore, Liverpool Confidential)
"Former 'New Seeker' Lyn Paul has been associated with the role of Mrs. Johnstone for over 10 years but she still vividly brings the anguish of this impoverished mother forced to give away one of her twin boys..." (Gerry Parker, Crackerjack)
"Lyn Paul has retuned to the role of Mrs. Johnstone again and again and you can see why. She brings an emotional depth and a singing voice that cuts through her apron strings and tugs at our heartstrings." (Nowt2Do.com)
Updated: 4th July 2010
Lyn Paul Late Night
CD, DVD and MP3 releases
Late Night
Lyn Paul's latest album is out now! Lyn, who last released an album in 1975, returned to the recording studios in 2005 with Rod Edwards, the musical director from Blood Brothers.
Forty years after the New Seekers topped the charts with I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, the song has been used to set a new world record and to raise people's awareness of deafness.
On 9th February more than 100,000 children from schools across the UK participated in a sign2sing event, organised by the charity SingHealth. They joined together to simultaneously sing and sign the words of the New Seekers' hit, breaking the previous record for the most people singing and signing a song at the same time.
On 9th January 1971 the New Seekers appeared on US television as guests on The Andy Williams Show, "duetting" with Andy Williams on the Nillson song One before singing their latest single When There's No Love Left.
In 1973 the group sang two songs on the BBC show It's Lulu: You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, which was about to take them to No. 1 in the UK singles chart, and We've Got To Do It Now.
Both clips are now available on YouTube Check them out via Lyn Paul website YouTube page.
Updated: 5th May 2010
TV, Film and Radio
'Fool' on film soundtrack
The song that Lyn Paul took to the top of the charts in January 1974, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me, has been featured on the soundtrack of the film Neds ('Non-Educated Delinquents').
Written and directed by Peter Mullan, the film was released in the UK on 21st January 2011.
In his review in the Independent on Sunday,Johnathan Romney questioned whether the film and the song really went together: "Mullan sometimes misses the mark - a nightmare scrap with Jesus might have worked better if it hadn't been soundtracked to the New Seekers at their jolliest."
Added: 26th April 2011
Read All About it ...
What the papers say
For all the latest news and reviews, check the website's 'In Print' pages for 2010 and 2011.
Whatever happened to the New Seekers?
Lyn Paul was interviewed by the Daily Express for a feature article in its weekly Saturday magazine. The article summarised Lyn's career, before and after the New Seekers, and gave a plug for her calendar in aid of the Alzheimer's Society.
Rhinestone Reviews
"No diamond, but a reasonable rhinestone " The Times
"In under-used Lyn Paul’s feisty cougar Sophie, old favourites such as Crazy are executed with that earthy delivery they deserve..." The Stage
"All the right ingredients for pure entertainment, albeit very light-hearted... Rhinestone Mondays has a whole host of sing-a-long numbers to wow Country and Western fans, including the Johnny Cash classic Ring of Fire, Stand By Your Man, sung with total conviction by ex-New Seeker, Lyn Paul." Express & Star
"Only when Lyn Paul, playing club member Sophie, sang Willie Nelson’sCrazy in the second act, did the pace start to increase..." Birmingham Mail
"Lyn Paul's vocals are sublime." Scotsman
"The singing saviour of the piece was Lyn Paul (of New Seekers fame)..." The Herald
"Lyn Paul has lost nothing of the richness in her voice and her rendering of ‘Crazy’ was a highlight." EdinburghGuide.com
"Expect some lovely songs from veteran Lyn Paul... she doesn’t disappoint. The years may go by, but they seem to have no effect on her beautiful voice." Country Family
"A fun night out..." Phil Allely Reviews
Added: 11th September 2011
Updated: 22nd October 2011
Yesterday is a cancelled cheque; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely. Kay Lyons
O, that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come! William Shakespeare, 'Julius Caesar' (Act V, Scene I)
What next?
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Niels Bohr
I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us. Dorothy Dix, 'Her Book'
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. Albert Einstein
The future is hidden even from the men who made it. Anatole France
There are two options: adapt or die. Andrew S. Grove
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there. Charles Franklin Kettering
It is not wise to look too far ahead; our powers of prediction are slight, our command over results infinitesimal. John Maynard Keynes
What we call our future is the shadow which our past throws in front of us. Marcel Proust
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. William Shakespeare, 'The Merchant Of Venice' (Act I, Scene II)
Where next?
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. John Burroughs
It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts. Ella Fitzgerald
