What The Critics Say
Reviewed by: Emma Samways, The Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
This fast-paced and energetic show isn’t your usual kids’ production – these young people show acting maturity way beyond their years.
Reviewed by: Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
Over the years we have come to expect the unexpected from Ann Garner's talented team of players. In fact we have become almost used to the quality of their work being sustained at an impossibly high level. However, what they have now achieved with David Eldridge's controversial play about sexual abuse, family cover ups and racism is quite extraordinary even by their own standards...I would not expect to see better, more intense professional theatre than this all year.
Reviewed by: Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"Once again Next Stage is blurring the gap between professional and non professional theatre, carving a niche that is all its own."
Reviewed by: Melissa Blease, Venue | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"Staged in the round (thereby bringing the audience right into the heart of the psychodrama), none of the six-strong cast would have been out of place at a certain Theatre Royal just down the road."
Reviewed by: Emma Samways, Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"This isn't your usual kids' production - these young women show acting maturity way beyond their years"
Reviewed by: Angela Goodman, Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"I was gripped by the fast pace, the intensity and the contrasting emotional colours of this production. It was funny and it was harrowing."
Reviewed by: Steve Wright, The Venue | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"Hearty congratulations to Next Stage, therefore, for somehow squeezing this enormous tale into their bijou theatre and spilling very little of the books' magic in transit. They've made some ingenious decisions."
Reviewed by: Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle | Performed at: The Mission Theatre, Bath
"Even by Next Stage's exacting standards this one really is a bit of a treat."