Reviews
FRAGILE
A hugely talented company of three highly accomplished and charismatic actors. What sets the evening apart is the strength and commitment of the acting. Sarah is beautifully played by the stunning Sarah Rutherford. (What's On)
An irresistible performance from Sarah Rutherford. (The Stage)
Very watchable thanks to strong performances, particularly Sarah Rutherford's portrayal of a strong woman looking for love in all the wrong places. (Islington Gazette)
HUMBLE BOY
The National has struck gold. A marvellous play: sad, very sad; funny, very very funny. You will have seen few things of such thrilling brilliance. (John Peter, Sunday Times)
It is so talented and original, so funny and the acting is so good, we are carried along on a wave of delight. (Michael Coveney, Daily Mail)
Rich, original, intelligent, funny & touching. ... I cannot recommend this lovely play too highly. Wins my best new play award. (Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph)
Awards for Humble Boy: 2 Oliviers. Critics' Circle and Whatsonstage Awards for Best New Play.
INDEPENDENCE
A riveting ensemble based on superb individual performances...knocks spots off any current West End production. (The Stage)
A brilliantly astute portrait of the pain that family members can inflict on each other. (Time Out)
Nothing short of thoroughly absorbing...an excellent production, faultlessly acted. (Richmond Times)
THE CARD INDEX
Dangerous, deliriously absurd...ferocious, surreal joyride... The cast are superb, and are directed with tangible passion...so startlingly modern, so challenging, and so relentlessly hilarious that it makes you wonder what writers - and audiences, of course - have been doing in the theatre for the last 40 years. (Time Out CRITIC'S CHOICE)
...brilliantly staged and even more brilliantly acted...I cannot recommend the evening more...sensational cast...You will revel in the presence of Sarah Rutherford. Get your skates on and fly over there. It is a journey you will never regret. (Wandsworth News)
Time Out CRITIC'S CHOICE: revived as part of the Critic's Choice Season 2002
PEEP SHOW
There is some fine acting on show, especially from Sarah Rutherford whose bruised, nervous Bianca is desperate to trust a man, despite her better instincts...a spectacular coup de théâtre...Well worth a trip to Greenwich to catch. (Time Out)
Uniformly assured performances...Sarah Rutherford is a cool, elegant Bianca. (The Stage)
KING LEAR
The contemporary minds behind this production have transcended the original text in brave and innovative ways. When Regan (Sarah Rutherford) gouges out the eyes of Gloucester, the effect is sickening. It is a powerful moment in a production that refuses to blank out the evil that can underlie human motivation. (Cambridge News)
