“. . . From the moment the characters enter, the self-obsessed, dissolute Tony Lumpkin and his mother, the broad Mrs Hardcastle with a orange candy floss wig wobbling across the stage, both in voluminous leopard and tiger print costumes, we know that mayhem will be served up. . . Director Conrad Nelson has created a good deal of hilarity with the portrayal of the hapless servants versus the snobbish Londoners . . . an evening of absurd fun.”

“…This production is gruesome, truly frightening and above all disturbing stuff and not for the feint hearted. But the second half is also brilliant, thought-provoking theatre. Visually it is jaw-droppingly good with Chloe Lamford’s visuals capturing the essence of the piece and Natasha Chivers’ atmospheric lighting adding light and shade….Tim Dutton was excellent as the suave, be-suited and chilling O’Brien.”

During the heady days of the sixties, when British bands dominated the charts, there was only one American band, apart from the Beach Boys, that could give the Beatles and the Stones a run for their money – the Four Seasons. Nevertheless, the Four Seasons, with their distinctive lead singer Frankie Valli, were a bit of an anachronism.

It is only right and proper that the Everyman Theatre, one of the main focal points of culture in Cheltenham, should take it upon itself to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of First World War….The production Paul Milton has put together is no mean achievement, involving, as it does, over sixty performers… Will Harvey’s War has been a mammoth, and for the most part successful, undertaking for which Paul Milton, the Everyman and all those involved should take a great deal of pride.