Cinderella, The Stage
★★★★
“Inventive, magical, heartwarming, enchanting”
– The Stage [Cinderella]
Cinderella,Derby World
★★★★★
“A dream come true… left with a beaming smile on my face”
– Derby World [Cinderella]
Cinderella, East Midlands Theatre
★★★★★
“heart-warming, quirky and earthy”
– East Midlands Theatre [Cinderella]
Cinderella, Theatre and Tonic
★★★★★
“clever, witty, sweet… allows the people of Derbyshire to be proud of their county and what we stand for.”
– Theatre and Tonic [Cinderella]
Raymondo, Stagetalk
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
Raymondo, Lane’s List
★★★★
"a little like what might happen if you put Tim Burton, Philip Ridley, and Tim Crouch into a blender together with a thesaurus."
– Lane’s List [Raymondo]
Raymondo, Broadway Baby
★★★★
Impressively original... hovers around the sublime
– Broadway Baby [Raymondo]
Dennis of Penge, Exeunt Magazine
“This is The Bacchae remade in gold, sinew, and yes, chicken fat.”
– Exeunt Magazine [Dennis of Penge]
Dennis of Penge, Time Out
★★★★
“This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life.”
– Time Out [Dennis of Penge]
Ant and Hop, The Stage
“The best is saved until last: Ant and Hop (adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper) by Annie Siddons is a real crowd-pleaser that shows two girls discovering the importance of teamwork and planning, via the medium of cake.”
– Theo Bonsanquet, The Stage [Ant and Hop]
Nutcracker and Mouse King, Everything Theatre
★★★★
"Enchants children and leaves adults yearning for that lost childish sense of imagination that was able to take us into magical worlds instantly."
– Everything Theatre [Nutcracker and Mouse King]
Raymondo, The Scotsman
★★★★
“A rich, wild and precise poetry that breathes a colossal and sometimes angry humanity… Magical and strange…”
– Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman [Raymondo]
Dennis of Penge, The Stage
★★★★
“a mighty piece of poetic storytelling. By turns ribald and sublime, it’s a cri de coeur for compassion and community”
– The Stage [Dennis of Penge]
Rapunzel, The Guardian
★★★★
"It is not often that you see a show that makes your heart go ping ping boom boom, but this is one."
– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian [Rapunzel]
Rapunzel, Theatermania
★★★★
"Not since Into the Woods has there been a theatrical fairy tale as dark and ingenious as this."
– Theatermania [Rapunzel]
Rapunzel, Sunday Times
★★★★★
“This marvellously inventive show… Annie Siddons’ script is almost Shakespearian in its mix of the earthy and ethereal, the funny and the frightening”
– Robert Hewison Sunday Times, [Rapunzel]
Rapunzel, The Independent
★★★★
"Wonderfully involving, witty and emotionally potent”
– Paul Taylor, The Independent [Rapunzel]
Rapunzel, The Times
★★★★★
“Just go. And take some children. If none are available, go anyway.”
– The Times [Rapunzel]