"Cooper’s dialogue is smartly paced throughout... Dehn’s performance is convincing and astutely not overplayed" - Dominic Martin for The Stage
"Cleverly represents the collapse of past and present... Sucked me into a bitter-sweet world of emotional conflict and confusion" - Jens Peters for London Theatre Blog
"Chris Johnston, author of The Improvisation Game, is something of a guru when it comes to spontaneous theatre. His latest venture for Fluxx is an improv soap-opera, running over 18 nights with email updates, blogs and video snippets. It is original, ambitious and very now.... Good luck Night London, good luck." - Bella Todd for Time Out
    
"The tiny Tristan Bates theatre has the intimacy required for this intense drama which is well written and honestly performed. Phil Ormrod’s casting is exemplary. The characters come over very clearly – Suzanna Hamilton plays Antonia with great subtlety allowing her underlying passion to explode from time to time; Daniel Millar is sweet and supportive as Danny, and Jack Klaff gives an uncomfortable tour de force as the unfortunate Edward. In addition we are treated to some original music composed by Jieun Park and played by the lovely Jess Murphy who not only gives an almost ecstatic sincerity to the part of Lydia, but is an excellent musician."
Aline Waites for WhatsOnStage
So where were you in the wee hours of this morning? In bed? Oh dear. All the cool kids were at the theatre … The Midnight Matinee is a great excuse to stay up late, have a few drinks and enjoy a few surprises, with the possibility of catching a theatrical gem in the making. That’s got to be worth a fiver of anyone’s money.
http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/midnight-matinee/
"The Midnight Matinees are raw, rude and unpredictable. I had a ball, and you will too" - Che Walker.
“This is a gem…virtuoso acting, full of humour, controlled energy and a passion for music, of the kind felt when you love someone, but are not sure it’s returned. In the last scene [Jonathan Guy Lewis] fills the house with a sense of achievement and the feeling that if music be the food of love, it must also be the food of life.”
John Peter, for The Sunday Times
“a droll and thoughtful solo show..touching and uplifting "
Sarah Hemming for The Financial Times
“this delightful and often laugh-out-loud funny one-man show"
Charles Spencer, for The Telegraph
A celebration of the joyous, life-affirming power of music … the play unfussily and unpretentiously encapsulates something of the indefinable elation that art can bring to the human existence. It is also very funny … a brassy burst of celebratory sound in honour of the imperfect and exhilarating business of being alive.
(Sam Marlowe)
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment
/stage/theatre/article5276054.ece
Captures the mix of determination and sheer panic that drive Jasper … Lewis [performs] with just the right level of triumphant adequacy … Throughout, the combination of the performer’s sensitivity and personal charm with the story’s irresistibility as a celebration of the British amateur eccentric makes for a thoroughly enjoyable hour.
(Gerald Berkowitz)
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/22588/i-found-my-horn
Marvellously imitated and decked with humour all the way until its fabulous ending … exactly precisioned by the actor, writers and director as to create in an hour and a half a heart-warming piece of hope.
London Theatre Reviews
Captures all its absurdity as well as its emotional ups and downs … there is something inevitably uplifting and inspirational in this quixotic adventure … under Harry Burton's sensitive direction, it never wavers from just the right mix of admiration for the adventurer and awareness of his inherent ridiculousness.
(Gerald Berkowitz)
TheatreGuideLondon
http://www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk/reviews/ifound08.htm
Enthralling … Rina Mahoney as Isabella gives a compelling performance … Foreman’s blank verse in modern day language succeeds in giving the play dignity without making it striving to be a sequel … both beautiful and cruel.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/21871/beyond-measure
Writer Bridget Foreman effortlessly channels Shakespeare’s original sensibilities, creating a script rich with charged, modern poetry … Director Juliet Forster creates a suitably oppressive atmosphere … What elevates this production into the five star category is the outstanding performance of Rina Mahoney. Why isn’t she famous?
http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/manchester/2008/10/17/review-beyond-measure/
Noisy, chaotic … it has urgency and intelligence, and Matt Aston's sweaty, hard-edged production grips … The evocation of control by propaganda and fear is almost Orwellian … Aston's staging, with its oppressive sound and lighting and its stylised violence, delivers the play's punch.
(Sam Marlowe)
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment
/stage/theatre/article5175507.ece
Powered by its own fury and sense of injustice … if you are looking for political theatre, this is the real thing.
(Lyn Gardner)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/nov/21/zero-theatre-absolute-review-guantanamo
Has a visceral power … draws exceptional performances.
(Terry Grimley)
Hard-hitting, fast and furious … I certainly walked away with a lot to think about. A gripping piece of theatre.
(Christina Savvas)
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