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Mel C spices up Blood Brothers in West End

Updated 13:59pm on 27 Oct 2009


Emma Bunton provided her fellow Spice Girl Mel C with some welcome support as Sporty made her West End debut last night.

Spicey: Melanie Chisholm and Emma Bunton

She's the first member of the girl band to star in a West End musical and took over the role of Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell's musical Blood Brothers.

Mel, 35, who gave birth to her first child Scarlet in February, replaced former X Factor star Niki Evans in the role.

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Well what a show.. having just seen the Saturday Matinee performance i was stunned by the intensity. Fantastsic, fantastic, I have seen many London shows but this one tops it for me. Raw, powerful, moving, so enjoyable.

Had me in tears, well done to all of the cast.

- Duncan Wilkinson, West Horsley UK, 03/04/2010 21:20
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I've seen Blood Brothers about 5 times.. or even more and the starring roles have been fabulous. Looking at your reviews, I have now booked a further 3 tickets (taking my 2 sisters along with me!) for wednesday's evening performance. I love the Theatre, but in the 20 years I've been attending, nothing reaches my heart like Blood Brothers.
I'm looking forward to seeing Mel C perform

- Jen Ebsworth, Addlestone, Surrey, 22/02/2010 20:39
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Lost for words - saw the performance on Saturday 23rd Jan 2010 - all the cast were absolutely brilliant and Mel C's voice, well it was fantastic. All the actors deserve a mention but especially loved the narrator. Sat in second row so could truely appreciate the emotion of the story - would recommend in a heart beat!!! A must see!!!!

- Helen Palmer, Hertfordshore, 25/01/2010 11:19
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dragged my husband to see this on our anniversary weekend away and he said he would fall asleep, but 15mins in said he hated to admit it, but he was thoroughly enjoying it!!
It was fantastic, Mel was soooo good, as were all the cast. Made us laugh lots and made me cry. Would highly recommend this to anyone. Highlight of the weekend, thankyou.

- Deb And Phill Francis, devon, england, 14/12/2009 18:38
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This was the first show I had been to and was not disappointed. Mel was excellent in the role (sat in the 3rd row and saw every emotion), as were the whole cast. Would definitely recommend, standing ovation was well-deserved.

- Michelle Walker, Cannock, Staffs., 03/11/2009 22:10
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I saw the show on Sat 31st oct and was left amazed by the whole cast and of course Mel she gave an amazing peformance and has clearly mastered 'getting into character' as when they took the first bow Mel still looked drained and devestated, however as the audience rose to their feet and they continued to applaude for the cast to take a further 3 bows mel began to smile and it was clear that not only had she enjoyed the show herself but was also relieved and enjoying the positive audience reaction on her first night!

- Joanna, Warwickshire, 02/11/2009 13:10
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Melanie was great, I am quite truthfully her biggest fan and LOVED the show last night, thought the whole cast was great and cried when she walked on stage.

- Katie Scott, Towcester, Northants, 30/10/2009 14:57
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An awesome performance from Mel and the whole cast, can't recommend highly enough!! Congratulations.

- Sally, Fareham, Hampshire, 30/10/2009 12:49
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Melanie's voice sounded great! I spoke to Emma Bunton afterwards and she was in tears as the performance was so good! Well done Melanie :-) x

- Anna Collier, Dartford, Kent, 29/10/2009 12:04
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Melanie was amazing last night!!! Well done!

- Simon, New Zealand, 29/10/2009 10:58
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