Welcome to Thebes

The Stage“Dark and dangerous...” Written with wit and compassion, the play is both a powerful vision of war-torn Africa and a sharp criticism of Western posturing. And by making the leadership of Thebes mainly female, Buffini also challenges the assumptions of masculine power...

Financial Times“A world as amoral as a Jacobean tragedy...” The most unpleasant play I have seen for some considerable time, and the most riveting. Ancient and modern, atavism and civilisation, reason and compulsion, myth and reality constantly clash and send out sparks...

The Telegraph“Definitely worth a tenner if you think you're tough enough... ” There is no point in pretending this is an easy evening. Yet there is also wit and black humour on offer here, and a palpable feeling that the dramatist, Moira Buffini, is extending herself to the limits...

The Independent“A modern twist to Greek myth and Attic tragedy...” An admirably ambitious, fascinating (if uneven) piece, premiered in a vivid, expertly marshalled production by Richard Eyre which is alive to the urgency of the play's politics and to its engaging streak of iconoclastic humour...

this is london“Ambitious, at times impudent, and blazingly topical...” While this is a substantial and politically serious piece, it’s tonally uneven. Some of the Greek motifs are clumsily introduced, and the focus is uncertain. Although the story is impressive in scale, the writing is bumpy...

Whatsonstage.com“A wonderfully rich and fascinating play...” The play, especially in the first half, is a cunning mix of appropriated mythology and savage, satirical real politick. The performances have such spirit, backed up by the onstage percussive music of Stephen Warbeck...

Guardian“Buffini's play is thoughtful and provocative...” As much as I love the scope and ambition of Buffini's play, there runs through it an unresolved contradiction between free will and fate. Her play has a sustained narrative dynamic and is well-directed. There is also a host of vibrant performances...

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

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New Statesman“Not yet reviewed”