Press Night!!

Critics – the people we love to hate, or hate to love?  I’m not sure which, maybe neither, maybe both?  But regardless a necessary part of the industry we accept and at times even rely on.

It’s a strange relationship, no dislike the one between a parent and a potential suitor for their children.  The Print Room is the parent, the creative team our children and nothing the critics say will ever be truly good enough for them.  Even when – as in the case with The Last Yankee – the play gets wonderful reviews I can’t help but feel the adjectives could be slightly more hyperbolic and why not give them 6 stars, just this once.

In honesty the reviews for The Last Yankee were beautiful and just so you don’t have to go looking for them here are a few highlights from across the board.

The Stage 

“The most powerful and moving – and most Miller-like – scenes are those in which the husbands and wives cannot escape hurting each other while attempting to communicate their love.”

“Strong and sensitive performances by the entire cast are energised by Matilda Ziegler as a woman giddy and frightened in equal parts by the unfamiliar clarity of facing life without tranquillisers for the first time in decades.”

Time out ****

"Miller's later, shorter works need something special if they're to be made to sing. But Cathal Cleary's revival offers just that, with a striking design by Jamie Vartan that pitches us into the middle of a state mental hospital"

“But the play’s other great feature is a fine cast.”

Fulham Chronicle ****

“Notting Hill’s Print Room is fast earning a reputation for unearthing lost classics by the giants of theatre, and The Last Yankee is no exception.”

“Miller’s densely layered script, with flashes of laugh out loud humour, is well handled by the strong cast.”

One Stop Arts *****

"The excellent cast negotiate the unfolding drama with precision and grace"