"A new Jez Butterworth play is very much An Event--time to get excited." --Time Out London "Magnificent, moving and quietly furious.a rich, funny, brilliantly layered drama about lost dreams, trampled hopes, parenting and letting go." --Financial Times "A remarkable play.unfurls with the richness and depth of a well-crafted novel.Butterworth remains a one-off, a man who can write plays about ordinary people that carry the charge of the great tragedies." --Time Out London "Exquisite.Devastatingly moving, bitterly funny, tender, cruel and wise.
" --The Stage "'Bittersweet and bitingly funny.Butterworth's poetic verbosity is in full evidence, along with savage humour, painful pathos and simmering rage.thought-provoking, heartbreaking and multi-layered."--Broadway World "Beautifully well-written.Filled with believable, colourful characters.expertly engineered.a rich text, full of nuance and glorious dialogue." --Express "Intelligent, witty and studded with good lines, fine performances, resonances, echoes and a lingering sense of loss.
" --Sunday Times "Epic and ambitious.The writing is closely observed, humorous, but with ripples of anger beneath the surface." --WhatsOnStage.