Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

The Telegraph“A strong, impressive ensemble...” Findlay keeps up the pace during the complex debate scenes so that although the sweltering Arcola Theatre tests even the hardened theatre-goer, the plot never stagnates and a fascination with this snapshot of England’s history remains throughout...

Guardian“Findlay's production captures the restless volatility of the period...” Churchill's play emerges as a highly topical piece of living history, as vacuous arguments about the Big Society are used to camouflage the reinforcement of economic injustice...

The Stage“There’s some strong ensemble acting at work...” The language is typically rich and Polly Findlay’s direction is extremely evocative - occasional shifts to modern dress highlight the universality of the themes without being too heavy-handed about it...

Whatsonstage.com“At moments this production is truly hypnotic...” Performed with a full-blooded zeal by a stellar cast. Findlay brings out the desperation of the ordinary men and women at play here with a painfully acute flair and her staging fully encompasses the audience as members of these community meetings...

Financial Times“Churchill shows us an age of unbelievable fluidity in the social order...” The play reminds us sombrely that such moments of potential pass: they either come to nothing in the first place, or the old order is soon restored. Michelle Terry and Helena Lymbery each excel in the Putney sequence...

Time Out“Not yet reviewed...”

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this is london“Not yet reviewed...”

New Statesman“Not yet reviewed...”