Off the Endz

Financial Times“The issues are vexed and real, but Agbaje opposes them a bit too neatly...” Agbaje’s determination to home in on uncomfortable truths, her ear for dialogue and tough but compassionate characterisation mark her out as a playwright to watch...

Whatsonstage.com“The acting is exceptional...” Agbaje brings a sharp new language to the stage in an ongoing debate about identity...

The Stage“Fine performances of a company that features a conflicted Daniel Francis...” The gritty writing and Jeremy Herrin’s propulsive production give this play an uneasy, raw and vivid energy that utterly compels the attention...

The Independent“Another ace play from Agbaje...” The difficulties experienced by these quirky, beautifully realised individuals are symptomatic of problems that ramify out into a world much wider than the London where they live...

this is london“Walters is a revelation...” It’s the charismatic presence of Walters that raises Jeremy Herrin’s production above a rather heavy-limbed sort of ordinariness...

The Telegraph“The piece has great theatrical energy and is well performed...” Off the Endz, lively, entertaining and sometimes tensely dramatic though it is, doesn’t strike me as being in the same league as earlier successes such as Gone Too Far...

Guardian“As a moralist, Agbaje hits her target dead centre...” Behind the play lurks the idea that young black, high-flyers, such as Kojo and Sharon, are caught in a pincer-trap: in a white-created recession, they are the most vulnerable yet also feel a debt to the estate mates who shared their poverty...

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

New Statesman“Not yet reviewed”