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News and reviews for tour 2012 (as they come in)
REVIEW | OXFORD TIMES – CHRISTOPHER GRAY | 25 January 2012
“Caryl Churchill’s compelling and justly famous play. Gripping. A timely revival.”
REVIEW | THE PUBLIC REVIEWS – MARY TAPPER | 25 January 2012
“Go and see – a clever, entertaining, thought provoking play with excellent production and acting. Top Girls is Top Class!”
CAROLINE CATZ INTERVIEW | OXFORD TIMES | 19 Jan 2012
“As all the different guests unfold, so does Marlene’s world, and you begin to realise how she has become this businesswoman and what it has cost her… It’s a comment on the current financial climate, Thatcherism and individualism, financial gain versus commitment in society”
REVIEW | OXFORD DAILY INFO – JEN PAWSEY | 25 January 2012
“Caryl Churchill’s play about success, feminism and the 1980s could easily have been written last year… Thought-provoking entertainment”
REVIEW | BIRMINGHAM PRESS – RICHARD LUTZ | 18 January 2012
TOP MARKS FOR TOP GIRLS
“A real corker… Theatre that is sassy, venemous and full of content”
REVIEW | THE PUBLIC REVIEWS – SELWYN KNIGHT | 19 January 2012
4 STARS
“A fine ensemble piece. Recommended”
REVIEW | THE HORSE BEHAVES INDECENTLY – GEORGE WANT | 20 January 2012
“Undoubtedly brilliant… Though I still think we need a new play for modern times, this makes it clear why we still need this one”
Reviews 2011
REVIEW | TIME OUT – ANDRZEJ LUKOWSKI | 23 August 20115 STARS
“Max Stafford-Clark’s immaculate revival. Simple, cryptic, sad and hilarious ”
REVIEW | WHATSONSTAGE – MICHAEL COVENEY | 17 August 2011
5 STARS
“This stunning Out of Joint production… Brilliant, radical and resonant… And it’s beautifully acted too.”
REVIEW | LONDON EVENING STANDARD – FIONA MOUNTFORD | 17 August 2011
4 STARS
“Theatrically audacious, unmistakably heartfelt drama. Fine work from all seven actresses keeps our emotions on the spin and director Max Stafford-Clark offers a nuanced but fleet-footed production.”
REVIEW | DAILY MAIL – PATRICK MARMION | 8 July 2011
5 STARS
“Theatrical history… Genius… A touching production, impeccably cast”
REVIEW | INDEPENDENT – PAUL TAYLOR | 4 July 2011
4 STARS
“Thrilling… Directed with absolute mastery by Max Stafford-Clark… A classic play in a classic production”
REVIEW | DAILY TELEGRAPH – CHARLES SPENCER | 1 July 2011
4 STARS
“Splendidly funny and inventive… Witty, deeply felt and theatrically daring. I recommend it highly”
REVIEW | SUNDAY TIMES – MAXIE SZALWINSKA | 10 July 2011
4 STARS
“As essential as ever… Brims with sophostication and wit as well as outrage, getting us where it tickles before it gets us where it hurts.”
REVIEW | FINANCIAL TIMES – IAN SHUTTLEWORTH | 5 July 2011
4 STARS
“Max Stafford-Clark’s excellent revival… Uncomfortable in the best ways.”
REVIEW | DAILY EXPRESS – NEIL NORMAN | 1 July 2011
4 STARS
“The seven actresses are, collectively, magnificent… This is as powerful a statement about uncaring ambition, social delusion and female sacrifice now as it was then. And just as provocative, just as entertaining.”
REVIEW | GUARDIAN – MICHAEL BILLINGTON | 4 July 2011
4 STARS
“Terrifyingly topical… Max Stafford-Clark’s alert and zippy production… Suranne Jones captures excellently the hidden regrets of the go-getting Marlene, Stella Gonet seethes with justified rage as her sister and Olivia Poulet is both baffled and touching as the daughter who Marlene has pragmatically discarded… Vivid timeliness.”