The Price

Whatsonstage.com“Quite disappointing and lacklustre...” It’s a typically solid Octagon Theatre production with the claustrophobic set designed by Patrick Conellan filling the performance space leaving little room for the actors to move. This is a good thing, however...

The Stage“It remorselessly exposes the life lies of a quartet...” Every season at the Octagon seems to bring forth a work of classic American drama and this emotionally draining production now benefits from the authority of tradition, as well as the customary directorial genius of David Thacker...

The Telegraph“Scintillating, powerful and moving...” Above all when it’s presented with an impeccable attention to detail, and with a brace of first-class performances, as it is in David Thacker’s revival in Bolton...

Guardian“The balance Thacker achieves here is priceless...” He now delivers this fiscal parable with the authority of a preacher with a direct line to God. It is crowned by a peerless comic performance from Kenneth Alan Taylor as the antiquated dealer with outrageous claims to be a former acrobat...