LEONCAVALLO. PAGLIACCI.

★★★★ BACH TRACK

“ ELEANOR BURKE’S SIZZLING PRODUCTION”

“AS A MEDITATION ON THE PUBLIC SUFFERING THAT HIGH PROFILE COUPLES ENDURE – THE INTRUSION INTO THEIR PRIVATE LIVES, THE PRESSURES THAT IT CAUSES AND THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS THAT A MESSY SEPARATION CAN HAVE – IT IS WELL-CONCEIVED AND SKILFULLY EFFECTED.”

★★★★★ THE STAGE 

“IT IS FANTASTIC. IF YOU CAN, GO.”

“HER IMAGINATIVE VISION, CAREFULLY REALISED IN A CLEVER, TIGHT PRODUCTION.”

“CELEBRITY CULTURE, #METOO, COERCIVE CONTROL, THE BLURRING OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, OFF STAGE AND ON STAGE, LOVE, INFATUATION, POWER AND VICTIMHOOD ARE ALL EXPLORED AS THE DRAMA WORKS TOWARDS ITS HORRIFYING DENOUEMENT, ADDING LAYER UPON LAYER OF CONTEMPORARY RESONANCE. NO CHARACTER IS PURELY VILLAIN OR VICTIM.”

★★★★ THE TIMES

“DIRECTOR ELEANOR BURKE… OFFERS A MODERN-DRESS, OFTEN SURREAL STAGING. INSTEAD

OF VILLAGERS WATCHING A SHOW WE HAVE A LINE OF VOYEURISTIC CLOWNS LAPPING UP EVERY TORMENTED

MOMENT OF CANIO’S DESCENT INTO OTHELLO-LIKE JEALOUSY AND WIFE-MURDER, AND MUCH MORE BLURRING OF THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT’S THEATRE AND WHAT’S REALITY, EVEN IN THE EARLY BACKSTAGE SCENES.”

★★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE

“ A POWERFUL, CLAUSTROPHOBIC PRODUCTION WITH STANDOUT PERFORMANCES, GRIPPING DRAMA, AND UNFORGETTABLE ATMOSPHERE.”

“DIRECTOR, ELEANOR BURKE, COULD NOT HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB”

★★★★★ NORTHERN ARTS REVIEW 

“YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE”

“ STRIKING IN ITS SIMPLICITY, WITH A SUPER MODERN, MINIMALIST AESTHETIC THAT ALLOWED THE PERFORMANCE TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE.”