Three Sisters

Whatsonstage.com“Another fascinating collaboration between director Holmes and Filter...” You never feel churned up - that’s not on the agenda - and the actors leave no room for melancholy or a deepening sense of futility. It’s wham, bang, thank you ma’am, very fast, the final scene played by the sisters with almost bizarre stoicism

The Stage“The regular appearance of the stage manager is distracting...” The minimalism from the set is carried through into the performances, which is a shame because it leaves the play feeling a little bare and not easy to engage with. Garai’s Masha is unhappy and angry, but too controlled. Where is her passion? ...

The Telegraph“Its spontaneity and daring make for an eye-opening production...” Modern flavours are combined with period touches. The result is a rough and ready, almost punky Chekhov, and some will dismiss the show as a gimmick. In fact it seems to me to have a welcome vitality...

Financial Times“I had the sensation that this relict amounted to surprisingly little...” I felt that Filter had captured all the criticism in Chekhov’s unblinking dramatic gaze without any of the compassion that balances it, and the production leaves us with a sense of being engaged but worryingly unengaging...

this is london“Original, but cold...” It has the potential to be heartrending, but here it is played as though it’s Brecht, particularly when members of the technical crew are required to come onstage. In the process, we lose some of Chekhov’s painstaking observation of human foible

The Independent“Uses space and sound with a sometimes Expressionist expressiveness...” It so sweeps you into a fresh sense of the world of Chekhov, that questions of technique seem by the by. Warmly recommended...

Guardian“Risks throwing out the baby with the bathwater...” While it skirts sentimental cliche and has moments of psychological sharpness, I missed the textured, symphonic realism and emotional fullness of vintage Chekhov productions...

Remotegoat.co.uk“Not yet reviewed...”

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Time Out“Not yet reviewed...”