Duet for One

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“A beautifully nuanced and moving duet...” Goodman is a perfect foil for Stevenson, giving a performance of exquisite detail. At first crisp, brave and unexpectedly funny, she draws you with her as she travels through wrath, pain and surly defiance to the point where she acknowledges loss...

Remotegoat.co.uk“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“tevenson as the karmically challenged Stephanie is the evening’s star...” Her performance is nuanced, unsentimental and affecting. Goodman's carefully measured performance and its early forced restraint is brilliantly exploded in the strong second half...

The Telegraph“Duet for One bowled me over last night...” This is a noble and deeply moving piece of theatre, blessed with wit, insight and a refusal merely to wallow in misfortune and let the audience have a good cry. There isn't a single moment that feels false or overplayed...

The Independent“As Stephanie, Juliet Stevenson is doing some of her very best acting...” The metaphorical power of Kempinski's play is not reduced, but its dramatic impact is limited and, although Matthew Lloyd's meticulous production still looks good in the Vaudeville, it doesn't really deserve some of my very best reviewing...

The Times“Intelligent, witty, inspiring, dynamic and affecting. Acting at its best...” Stevenson goes through the seven stages of grief, and then some, but is never forced, never soppy. Goodman dances through a minefield of clichés in playing a German-Jewish psychiatrist to come up with something gorgeously nuanced...

Whatsonstage.com“Both actors find delightful music in the play...” Stevenson’s attack and variety of expression is a constant joy, while Goodman makes a great deal of the little we learn about the doctor...

Guardian“Punctuated by the exquisite sounds of Bach, this is a riveting evening...” In Matthew Lloyd's fine revival, there is a perfect balance between the superb performances of Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman. These are two actors at the top of their game...

The Stage“This sparkling two-hander seems scarcely dated at all...” Juliet Stevenson, fearless in playing up and down the emotional scale, and Henry Goodman, complete with Freudian accent, provide a perfect pairing in Matthew Lloyd’s finely tuned production. A duet for everyone...