The Little Dog Laughed

Time Out“A brittle satire with neither edge nor teeth...” There are a few sharp one-liners as Greig, sleek, deadly and as consummate a comic performer as many a seasoned stand-up, slices through the theatrical fourth wall to commentate on the action...

Guardian“Jamie Lloyd's production is smooth as butter...” The play belongs to Diane, and even if Tamsin Greig is a bit broader than her Broadway counterpart, she brings the right demonic energy and well-tailored control-freakery to the role...

The Stage“As savage and thoughtful as it is wildly witty...” This is a smart, sassy play, and Jamie Lloyd’s sleek, slick production attacks it at full throttle. The writing is powered by the funniest set of punchlines this side of an award-winning stand-up routine...

The Telegraph“This is high definition comic acting at its finest...” Director Jamie Lloyd’s production has exactly the right light, cynical touch and there is a thrilling star turn from Tamsin Greig who plays the agent as a couture-clad monster of cynicism, deviousness, and unrepentant ambition...

Financial Times“There is plenty of style here, but not much substance....” Rupert Friend brings comic confusion to Mitchell, Harry Lloyd makes Alex, the rent boy, both vulnerable and tough, and Gemma Arterton works hard as Alex’s underwritten girlfriend. But none of them has much to go on...

this is london“There are moments when Carter Beane’s writing is piercingly funny...” There is a lack of resonance, warmth and depth. The play is smart, but clever-clever rather than intelligent. The vitality of Jamie Lloyd’s production radiates from Greig. Her Diane is both heartless and perversely lovable...

The Times“At least allows Tamsin Greig to give a terrific performance...” There are plenty of sharp, sassy lines — “talking to you is like sewing a button on cottage cheese” — but very little sense of struggle, let alone depth...

The Independent“The production has a lot of diagrammatic pep and Greig is phenomenal...” There's an increasing danger that a comedy as relentlessly in-the-know about showbiz amorality as this will eventually outsmart itself. The scenes that attempt emotional seriousness ring hollow and false...

Whatsonstage.com“An evening of mounting comedy froideur and poor writing...” An excuse for Tamsin Greig to bawl at the audience for a couple of hours, striking poses that would make even the sainted Beatrice Lillie, let alone the Statue of Liberty, blanche with embarrassment...

Remotegoat.co.uk“Not yet reviewed...”