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'Two actors, two Chairs, and sixteen characters add up to more damn good theatre than I've seen in many an hour and a half.'
-Critics' Choice Time Out'Their expert clowning is the stylised equivalent of Dickens' richly textured prose...superb characterisations accomplished almost entirely through posture, gesture and facial expression...a joy to watch.'
-Critics' Choice The Chicago Reader'Hilarious, breathtaking...a technically superb piece of acting...frighteningly intense and perfectly filleted from the original material'
-The Stage'A veritable feast of Dickens' characters jostle for attention in this tremendously successful, visually stylised production'
-(Pick of the day) The Independent Precise characterisations and timing, expressive facial gesture, mime, movement and dialogue as juicy as the bloodiest orange... this is darkly comic physical theatre at its very best'
-The Yorkshire Evening Post 'Wonderfully appalling and vulgar...sheer black make'em cringe comedy, splendidly done'
-The Eastern Daily Press 'Clever, vivid and tremendously effective'
-The Jersey Evening Post 'Dazzling performances'
-(Hot Tickets) The Evening Standard 'Brilliant Portrayal of some of Dickens' finest...Hilarious'
-The Guernsey Evening Press 'These actors are brilliant experts...this is a joyful theatrical event'
-The Scotsman
-Critics' Choice Time Out'Their expert clowning is the stylised equivalent of Dickens' richly textured prose...superb characterisations accomplished almost entirely through posture, gesture and facial expression...a joy to watch.'
-Critics' Choice The Chicago Reader'Hilarious, breathtaking...a technically superb piece of acting...frighteningly intense and perfectly filleted from the original material'
-The Stage'A veritable feast of Dickens' characters jostle for attention in this tremendously successful, visually stylised production'
-(Pick of the day) The Independent Precise characterisations and timing, expressive facial gesture, mime, movement and dialogue as juicy as the bloodiest orange... this is darkly comic physical theatre at its very best'
-The Yorkshire Evening Post 'Wonderfully appalling and vulgar...sheer black make'em cringe comedy, splendidly done'
-The Eastern Daily Press 'Clever, vivid and tremendously effective'
-The Jersey Evening Post 'Dazzling performances'
-(Hot Tickets) The Evening Standard 'Brilliant Portrayal of some of Dickens' finest...Hilarious'
-The Guernsey Evening Press 'These actors are brilliant experts...this is a joyful theatrical event'
-The Scotsman
'Shakespeare would have loved this... a funny, clever and beautifully edited production... stunning'
-The Independent 'The winter of lacklustre Shakespeare is made glorious summer by Oddbodies' two-person assault on this most twisted of histories...Mowat's exuberantly abbreviated production...vividly theatrical'
-Critics Choice Time Out 'Using no more than two actors and a drum kit, Oddbodies' production is that rare thing; a genuinely inventive blast of fresh air...Mowat's humorously sour production wreaks its own revenge on more traditional productions of the bard...a unique distillation of Shakespeare's drama'
- The Evening Standard 'This is a production with more drama and pathos than any I have seen which had a full cast. Wonderful... brilliant...faultless... the best evening of Shakespeare I can remember'
-The Jersey Evening Post 'To bring off a two person, 85 minute version of Shakespeare's play you need versatility and inventiveness and fortunately Morel and Scott-Wilson have plenty of both...will make your hair stand on end...entertainment of a high quality'
-The Scotsman 'This 'Richard III' is as faithful - and certainly as clear - as a full scale rep staging... a fast paced, slick, absorbing and inventive interpretation that even purists should not avoid'
-The Herald 'Versatile...gifted...wonderfully rubbery features...a bracing revision of the Plantagenets'
-The Observer 'Brilliant...simply stunning theatre...a tour de force'
-The Dorchester Guardian 'One of the most refreshing interpretations of any Shakespeare for some time...hilarious...a major comic find'
-Total Theatre 'Extremely funny...brisk, inventive and deliciously irreverent two-handed adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy'
-What's On 'Moments of brilliance...a rattling reinterpretation'
-The Financial Times
-The Independent 'The winter of lacklustre Shakespeare is made glorious summer by Oddbodies' two-person assault on this most twisted of histories...Mowat's exuberantly abbreviated production...vividly theatrical'
-Critics Choice Time Out 'Using no more than two actors and a drum kit, Oddbodies' production is that rare thing; a genuinely inventive blast of fresh air...Mowat's humorously sour production wreaks its own revenge on more traditional productions of the bard...a unique distillation of Shakespeare's drama'
- The Evening Standard 'This is a production with more drama and pathos than any I have seen which had a full cast. Wonderful... brilliant...faultless... the best evening of Shakespeare I can remember'
-The Jersey Evening Post 'To bring off a two person, 85 minute version of Shakespeare's play you need versatility and inventiveness and fortunately Morel and Scott-Wilson have plenty of both...will make your hair stand on end...entertainment of a high quality'
-The Scotsman 'This 'Richard III' is as faithful - and certainly as clear - as a full scale rep staging... a fast paced, slick, absorbing and inventive interpretation that even purists should not avoid'
-The Herald 'Versatile...gifted...wonderfully rubbery features...a bracing revision of the Plantagenets'
-The Observer 'Brilliant...simply stunning theatre...a tour de force'
-The Dorchester Guardian 'One of the most refreshing interpretations of any Shakespeare for some time...hilarious...a major comic find'
-Total Theatre 'Extremely funny...brisk, inventive and deliciously irreverent two-handed adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy'
-What's On 'Moments of brilliance...a rattling reinterpretation'
-The Financial Times
(to date) 'Splendid...funny, gripping and imensely entertaining'
- The Dorset Echo 'Startling'
- The Evening Standard
- The Dorset Echo 'Startling'
- The Evening Standard