Julie Carpenter

“It manages to be sharp and sour, witty and wounding at the same time.”

“Headley is superb and diehard fans of the film won't be disappointed; the performance I saw ended with dancing in the aisles.”

“It ultimately proves effective.”

“This is a production which manages to manipulate our sympathies and if it doesn't quite pulsate with the terrifying emotional intensity that I remember from the original, the play is a fitting opener for the newly-renamed Harold Pinter Theatre - powerful, unsettling, ambiguous and refusing to give any neat answers.”

“It all proves so well acted – and so heartfelt, so honest, so funny and so disarmingly clever – that while this West End run marks the end of the play’s second national tour there must surely be more to come.”

“Overall this tremendously accessible production is a bit like the decade it's transposed to: brash and over-the-top but with the power to totally draw you in.”

“The play nevertheless works well as an intriguing psychological thriller and if you can see the final revelation coming Bobby’s reaction is less easy to predict.”

“The question is, will this new musical live up to the film? Despite having the original screenwriter Tom Hedley on board and the considerable choreographing talents of Arlene Phillips, the short answer is no.”