Apologia

The Independent“It's a heady concoction, this portrait of the artist as a bad mother...” It's not easy to warm to Josie Rourke's production, which stutters under the weight of its own verbiage. It has a good end, but I've no idea what it's meant to do to us...

Time Out“This drama has Chekhovian ambitions...” It’s both admirable and frustrating that Campbell’s oblique and cerebral play refuses to deliver the dirty details on what exactly happened all those years ago...

Remotegoat.co.uk“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“Perceptive writing confirms his standing as a fresh and sensitive voice...” Although there are strong performances throughout Josie Rourke’s nicely textured production, the key figure is Kristin, and Paola Dionisotti is perfect as this hybrid of simpering scholarly harridan and repressed materfamilias...

The Stage“Directed with great clarity and emotional depth by Josie Rourke...” This is a well written, humorous and deeply felt drama, with an exquisite scene in which Kristin removes shards of glass from Simon’s hand. Alexi Kaye Campbell clearly understands the psychology of mutual recrimination...

Whatsonstage.com“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“His Pride wasn’t a one-off. He will write well again...” The dark, brooding and altogether excellent Light’s description of the night far back in his childhood when his mother failed to meet him at Genoa railway station is emotionally authentic...

The Telegraph“Campbell is fast emerging as a dramatist of rare distinction...” Second works are notoriously difficult, but once again Campbell comes through with flying colours. It's entertaining, thought-provoking and touching...

Financial Times“Full of ambition and scope...” Campbell skilfully intertwines the personal and the political to raise big and difficult questions about the choices we make...

Guardian“Even if the play taxes one's patience, it finally rewards it...” Campbell certainly understands the crackling tension of family get-togethers, and is beautifully served both by Josie Rourke's production and a quality cast...