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<strong>Theatre Royal, Sydney</strong><br>Fifty years is a long time to be a rebel and this lovingly spoofy musical is a bit creaky these days – but this cast is fun enough to keep the audience cheering
Some can agree that the film took itself seriously to the point of unintentional hilarity, so director Jonathan O'Boyle and co-writers Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross do the next best thing in adapting it by shifting the tone into campy dark comedy.
Ian McKellen and Roger Allam star in a rambling but unabashed depiction of desire after middle-age
Charles Hutchinson reviews the Blood Brothers, which is at Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday