Jane Edwardes

“If I went with low expectations, Patrick Marber’s production turns out to be both unsettling and fascinating.”

“Family and politics are successfully intertwined in Laird’s impressive and sometimes uncomfortable first play.”

“Taymor, who has already directed the play in the US, has drawn strong performances from her British cast and her sympathetic production of Belflower’s play will undoubtedly press many buttons with a young female audience, just as it has done in the States.”

“Daldry and co-director Justin Martin have put on a gargantuan, fast-moving show that, for all the special effects, doesn't lose the humanity of the story.”

“The Lion King is undoubtedly in a different league and children will be roaring their approval for a long time to come.”