★★★★★ The play is a rare stage picture of social deprivation that sympathises as it cruelly mocks, disturbing and hilarious by turns and acted out with excoriating honesty by the superb cast.
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★★★★☆ In bringing us this tale about a madman and a whore trapped by the circumstances of their situation, Spies Like Us has developed a language all its own which, for example, owes nothing to cinematic technique in the way it deals with the non-linear treatment of both time and space
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★★★★☆ The standalone numbers are all of the highest quality and accompanied where required by top class dancing. Last night there were audible gasps as the male dancers appeared looking not unlike the Chippendales. But they are no mere eye candy for the ladies and were both artistically expressive and athletic, as were the female troupe.
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★★★★☆ The collaboration between Green Ginger and the Nordland Visual Centre has resulted in a show that mixes puppetry, human action and visual effects hardly bettered by cinema and which takes theatre into areas we might not have thought possible.
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★★★★☆ With props and costumes from the dressing up box in mummy’s bedroom and the cupboard under the sink they deliver unbridled theatre-making with a determination to have a good time in the process. Their own delight rubs off on the audience.
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