“Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu has assembled a company firing on all cylinders to deliver one of the finest, funniest and most thematically rich productions of the year.” Scott Sneddon
“This engrossing theatrical experience has more than one interesting and important thing to say about ambition, bodies, and the capabilities and selves that girls shed to become themselves.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“Knife cuts deep. Men, especially, will leave with questions that linger after the lights come up.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“It’s a wild and wondrous experience, but also a demanding one.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“Two stories: one system. Embodied in a single powerful performance.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“The special wonder of this world premiere production, which is directed with clarity and care by Yvette Nolan, is the way its form precisely matches its function.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“As a debut from Walnut Productions, this work is small but mighty,” ~ Scott Sneddon
“This is a play about the deeper reasons for getting up: the need to reckon with what’s past, to recognize what’s buried, and to face one’s life, lineage, and imminent ending.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Review of Polly Stenham’s “Julie,” presented by Icacus Theatre at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace
“The show’s “cold open” punches hard, and the staging makes maximal use of minimal confines, with Kyle’s wall‑work especially evocative.” ~ Scott Sneddon
“As performance, The Herald is dense, poetic immersion, rather than linear narrative. ” ~ Scott Sneddon
“What remains after all of the laughter is not a lampoon of Romeo and Juliet, but a provocation about why we gather..,” ~ Scott Sneddon
