★★★★☆ Themes of love and adventure mix with talk of austerity and guilt . . . It’s a lesson in love, redemption, oppression and obsession as well as being a fast and fun show. 

★★☆☆☆ Ten Times Table is one of Ayckbourn’s trilogy of plays written during winter months in the 1970’s, the others being Just Between Ourselves and Time and Time Again. Seen together they have come to represent the period when Ayckbourn turned his focus onto social realism, finding a darker edge than in previous works.

★★★☆☆   Despite its uncertainties of mood, this production of My Cousin Rachel offers much to enjoy.  It has very high production values, it tells a fascinating story, and there are some excellent performances in minor roles.

★★★☆☆ The undoubted star of this show is Jodie Prenger, as Helen.  Prenger portrays her as a woman who is all too aware that her best years are slipping into the distant past. She is determined to make the best of the time she has left.  Brash, selfish and, at first, wholly unmotherly, she can be horribly cruel.