Reader Reviews
Shivered (Southwark Playhouse, Inner London)
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 | I was thoroughly enthralled by this play, it was darkly funny in places, disturbing in others and quite a comment on our society as it is.Jack and Ryan's type of relationship is probably played out all across the UK and is perfectly portrayed, Gordy is mesmerising - Well worth seeing! - Virginia | 13 Apr 12 |
| By far the best play I have seen over the past 12 months. Perfect acting. - Simon D | 04 Apr 12 |
| Andrew Hawley really is marvellous in this, as a fairground worker, who knows truth from lies, and prefers lies. It is a career-making turn, in which his impish dynamism is charming, as well as disturbing, as you know the charm is used to defraud. And fraudsters, and the general decline in the value of the truth in the internet age (where people cherry pick their own phony realities), are ultimately the target of Philip Ridley's excellent new piece. As usual with Ridley, all the characters are hunting for monsters, and those monsters may not be much further away than a glance in a mirror. This play is perhaps not as visionary as The Pitchfork Disney, which entered a wholly fantastical parallel universe to comment on the here and now. This piece is more literal. It is an ingeniously constructed Agatha Christie style puzzle, about some horrible events, with some perceptive observations about secrets and lies. Joseph Drake, Olivia Poulet, Robbie Jarvis and Amanda Daniels give pitch perfect performances. - steveatplays | 17 Mar 12 |
| Enter into the experience as one of a team of volunteers to work with families, youth or drug rehab and you find yourself caught up in the lives of families living in this cut off area of London. Once the characters are introduced through a short series of interviews that we are witness to we are plunged into the underworld as head off into the vaults and witness site specific scenes in which we are invited to comment and make suggestions. A unique piece of well researched and written interactive theatre. - Dave J | 15 Apr 10 |
