'FRESH, FORCEFUL...IMPRESSIVE'
THE INDEPENDENT

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'THIS FAST-PACED AND DEEPLY COMPELLING INTERPRETATION IS FINE THEATRE. THE STORYTELLING SPARKLES WITH CLARITY... A MASTERCLASS IN ACTING... MAKES THE WORDS SOUND SO FRESH AND SPONTANEOUS THAT IT IS AS IF YOU’RE HEARING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME... ONE OF THE FINEST HAMLETS I’VE EVER SEEN.'

WHATSONSTAGE ★★★★

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'STUNNINGLY IMAGINATIVE PHYSICAL USE OF THE FULL-CAST CHORUS WHICH HISSES, MUTTERS, WEEPS, CLAMOURS, STAMPS, SHOUTS, ROLLS ON THE FLOOR, ASSEMBLES IN FORMATION AND CONTRIBUTES A GREAT DEAL OF SLICK, ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENT WORK, OFTEN IN SLOW MOTION. IT CREATES A REAL SENSE OF A CITY IN TURMOIL'.

WHATSONSTAGE ★★★★

'A RICH REIMAGINING OF THE TRAGEDIES OF OEDIPUS AND ANTIGONE... ELEGANTLY WEAVES THE WRITINGS OF SOPHOCLES AND AESCHYLUS INTO AN ADMIRABLY CONDENSED TWO-ACT PLAY THAT SPARKLES... FITTINGLY PLACES THE CHORUS CENTRE STAGE, A CANNY MOVE FOR THIS ENSEMBLE COMPANY. THIS PANORAMIC OVERVIEW ALSO MAKES THEBES A SHARP PIECE OF CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY'

THE STAGE

'A FRESH, FIERCE SENSE OF THE PLAY’S YOUTHFUL IMPETUOSITY AND ITS TORMENT OVER THE EASE WITH WHICH LIBERTARIAN IDEALISM SLIDES INTO CONSCIENCELESS ANARCHY'

THE INDEPENDENT

'THE FACTION IS REVIVING SCHILLER’S FIRST PLAY. THE PRODUCTION, WHICH IS FULL OF GUNS, NOISE AND RHETORIC, ALSO HAS KARL AT ONE POINT FRENZIEDLY BEATING HIS HEAD AGAINST A WALL, AND HIS FOLLOWERS ADVANCING TOWARDS A BLOODBATH IN THE STYLISED, SLOW-MOTION MANNER OF SAM PECKINPAH’S THE WILD BUNCH.'

THE GUARDIAN