All Proud Haddock Reviews
Yeast Nation - The Triumph of Life
Soutwhark Playhouse
22 July - 27 August 2022
★★★★★ ""REVOLUTIONARY..." Broadway Baby
★★★★ "INVENTIVE, RISK-TAKING AND AUDACIOUS” The Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ "IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SHOW" A Youngish Perspective
★★★★ "YEAST NATION IS A SUCCESS" Everything Theatre
“HOLLMANN SCORE IS PUNCHY AND VIBRANT” WhatsOnStage
"ABSOLUTELY DESTINED TO BE A CULT-FAVOURITE” Thereviewshub
"A TREMENDOUS CAST" London Theatre Reviews
"PHENOMENAL ENERGY AND TALENT DISPLAYED BY THE ENTIRE CAST" London Box Office
"THE PRODUCTION IS ENTHUSIASTIC" Once a Week Theatre
How To Survive An Apocalypse
Finborough Theatre
28 September - 23 October 2021
★★★★★ "THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE" West End Wilma
★★★★ "FRESH AND FUNNY” Daily Mail
★★★★ "A FITTING CHOICE " West End Best Friend
★★★★ "A MASTERCLASS " North West End
★★★★ “EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES” London Pub Theatres
“A ZESTY TREAT” Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
"SHARP AND WITTY” Broadway World
"STUFFED WITH FUNNY ONE-LINERS" The Stage
“HALL'S TARTLY FUNNY SCRIPT” AJHLovesTheatre
“GREAT ACTING AND SOME ZINGING ONE-LINERS” London Theatre 1
"FOUR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES” London Living Large
“INGENIOUSLY IMAGINED” Shadows On The Wall
“jIMMY WALTERS' PRODUCTION SPARKS INTRIGUING IDEAS” The Arts Desk
Billy Bishop Goes To War
Southwark Playhouse, London
13 March - 6 April 2019
Jermyn Street Theatre, London
31 October - 24 November 2018
★★★★★ "INCREDIBLY MOVING” London Theatre 1
★★★★★ "SUPERB" Skylark
★★★★★ "AMAZING" National Student
★★★★/★ "ONE HELL OF A SHOW" Felix Online
★★★★/★“REMARKABLE” The Reviews Hub
★★★★ "BEAUTIFUL" The Stage
★★★★ “ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL” Theatre Box
★★★★ "CAPTIVATING" Broadway World
★★★★ "EXCELLENT" Everything Theatre
★★★★ "EXTRAORDINARY" Act Drop
★★★★ "FASCINATING" Paul in London
★★★★ “A PLEASURE” Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ “BEAUTIFUL” Libby Purves, Theatre Cat
★★★★ "CHARLES AITKEN SHINES" Entertainment Focus
★★★★ “SKILFULLY DIRECTED” Reviewsgate
★★★★ “IT’S STAGED SO WELL “ithank you theatre”
★★★★ "CHARMING AND SINCERE" LoveLondon LoveCulture
★★★★ “YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. GO, GO, GO” Last Minute Theatre
Square Rounds
Finborough Theatre, London
4 - 29 September 2018
★★★★ "EXTRAORDINARY” The Guardian
★★★★ "EXCELLENT" Everything Theatre
★★★★ "FASCINATING" Jewish Renaissance
★★★★ "MAGNIFICENT" Paul In London
★★★★ "A RESOUNDING SUCCESS" Close Up Culture
★★★★ "NOT TO BE MISSED" North West End
★★★★ "A TIMELY RELEVANCE" Breaking the 4th Wall
★★★★"RELEVANT" My Theatre Mates
"SKILFULLY BOUGHT TO LIFE" Time Out
"UNMISSABLE" The Spy In The Stalls
"SUCH AN ENTERTAINING SHOW" The Stage
"SUPERBLY ACTED" Stage Review
"CLEAR AND CONCISE" Once A Week Theatre
ALARMINGLY RELEVANT" Military History Magazine
"ITS NOT ON FOR LONG SO DONT WAIT" View From The Cheap Seat
"JIMMY WALTERS' DIRECTION INTRODUCES A SPRINKLE OF MAGIC" Ought To Be Clowns
The Dog Beneath The Skin
Jermyn Street Theatre, London
7 - 31 March 2018
★★★★★ "THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE I FORGOT IT WAS AN ACTOR I WAS WATCHING, SO REALISTIC WERE CRESSIDA' BONAS' MOVEMENTS AS THE LOVEABLE DOG." London Theatre
★★★★ "A DELIGHT" Fairy Powered Productions
★★★★ "HUGELY ENJOYABLE" Stage Talk
★★★★ "LIKE NOTHING ELSE YOU’LL SEE IN LONDON" Johnny Fox London
★★★★ "AN EXCELLENT PRODUCTION" Mind The Blog
"REMINDS US THAT XENOPHOBIC BREAST BEATING HAS LONG BEEN A NATIONAL VICE" The Guardian
"A VERY WORTHY AND WELCOME REVIVAL" Theatre Things
"A FASCINATINGLY DRAWN PLAY...COMPELLING" There Ought To Be Clowns
"WALTERS HAS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD AUDEN AND ISHERWOOD'S VEIN OF COMEDY" Exuent Magazine
"BUBBLING AMUSEMENT THAT FREQUENTLY FIZZES INTO OUTRIGHT LAUGHTER" The Spy In The Stalls
"A GREAT DEAL OF FUN" British Theatre Guide
"ORIGINAL AND CAPTIVATING" The Upcoming
Mrs Orwell
Old Red Lion Theatre
1 August - 29 August 2017
Southwark Playhouse, London
2 September - 23 September 2017
★★★★★ "FASCINATING" Love London Love Culture
★★★★ "CRESSIDA BONAS DELIVERS A FINE PORTRAYAL" Daily Express
★★★★ "UNMISSABLE" Kingdom For A Stage
★★★★ "LEAVES THE AUDIENCE IN AWE" The Upcoming
★★★★ "IT HAD US GRIPPED THROUGHOUT" Gay Times
★★★★ "A FASCINATING INSIGHT" The Reviews Hub
★★★★ "THOUGHT PROVOKING" Ithankyoutheatre
★★★★ "CRESSIDA BONAS IS COOL AND CONFLICTED" Londonist
★★★★ "THE SET WAS AN INGENIOUS DEVICE" Frost Magazine
"PETER HAMILTON DYER IS STRONG AS AN ACERBIC ORWELL" The Times
"WE WITNESS THE PREMATURE END OF A BRILLIANT MIND" Time Out
"ENTERTAINING AND POWERFULLY ACTED" The Guardian
"IT MADE ME WANT TO FIND OUT MORE" The Daily Telegraph
"COMPELLING" Mail On Sunday
"CRESSIDA BONAS IS WONDERFUL" Islington Gazette
"BONAS IS AT HER BEST" Evening Standard
"PETER HAMILTON DYER GIVES A FINE PORTRAYAL" The Stage
"PETER HAMILTON DYER IS SUPERB" What's On Stage
"CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES" My Theatre Mates
"ALWAYS FASCINATING" British Theatre Guide
"BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED" Please Mind The Blog
The Trackers Of Oxyrhynchus
Finborough Theatre, London
3 - 28 January 2017
★★★★★ "UNMISSABLE" Reviewsgate
★★★★ "A TRIUMPH" Daily Express
★★★★ "A FASCINATING STORY" London Theatre 1
★★★★ "YOU WILL LAUGH, YOU WILL PONDER" Theatre News
★★★★ "A TIMELY AND WELCOME REVIVAL" London City Nights
★★★★ "A MEMORABLE SPECTACLE" Carns Theatre Passion
"VIBRANT, HEARTFELT AND PROVOCATIVE" The Times
"THOROUGHLY PROFESSIONAL" Daily Mail
"SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL" Time Out
"THERE IS NOTHING LIMP ABOUT JIMMY WALTERS' PRODUCTION" The Guardian
"A JOY" Financial Times
"SPEAKS POWERFULLY" Evening Standard
"RICH AND STRONG" The Independent
"NOTHING LIMP IN THIS BLAST AT HIGH ART" The Daily Telegraph
"A SMART REVIVAL" The Stage
"CARRIES A CHARGE" What's On Stage
"A FINE SENSE OF WHAT MAKES GOOD THEATRE" British Theatre Guide
"SHOULD NOT BE MISSED UK" Theatre Network
A Subject Of Scandal And Concern
Finborough Theatre, London
22 May - 7 June 2016
★★★★★ "SUBLIME" Theatre Weekly
★★★★★ "JAMIE MUSCATO IS AN ABSOLUTE REVELATION" Please Mind The Blog
★★★★ "GRIPPING" The Stage
★★★★ "BEAUTIFUL" Everything Theatre
★★★★ "THE MOST HANDSOME AND ELEGANT STAGING" Johnny Fox
★★★★ "INGENIOUS" Theatre Cat
"I HEARD A WARNING FROM THE PAST IN THE TINY FINBOROUGH THEATRE IN EARLS COURT...A MESSAGE ABOUT FREE SPEECH THAT IS ACTUALLY MORE TOPICAL TODAY THAN IT WAS IN 1960" The Times
"GREAT INGENUITY" The Guardian
"JAMIE MUSCATO IS SUPERB" The Reviews Hub
"FASCINATING" The Upcoming
"ONE SLICK PRODUCTION" Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens
"WALTERS' IMAGINATIVE DIRECTION MAKES IT THEATRICAL AND UP TO DATE" The Beast's Pen
"EXPERTLY DIRECTED" Sardines Magazine
"EXCELLENTLY PERFORMED SPEECHES" A Younger Theatre
"THE ACTORS ACQUIT THEMSELVES MAGNIFICENTLY" Theatre Bubble
"SIMPLY AND BEAUTIFULLY STAGED" Right Rev Stan
"EXCELLENT, INTENSE PERFORMANCES" The Play's The Thing
"A CLEAR, FLUENT PRODUCTION WITH STRONG, CONVINCING PERFORMANCES" British Theatre Guide
"INTELLIGENTLY AND FLUENTLY DIRECTED" Traffic Light Theatregoer
A Naughty Night With Noel Coward
Old Red Lion Theatre, London
4 - 29 August 2015
★★★★ "ALL SERVED UP WITH PREPOSTEROUS HILARITY" Gay Uk
★★★★ "THE LAUGHS COME THICK AND FAST" The Upcoming
★★★★ "JIMMY WALTERS’ DIRECTION IS SPOT ON" London Theatre
★★★★ "WHAT A SPIFFING HOUR IT WAS" Musical Theatre Musings
"LIANNE HARVEY IS... MESMERISING" The Stage
"THIS IS A NIGHT I'D THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND. TRACEY PICKUP... STUNNING" Bargain Theatreland
"UNMISSABLE" The Culture Trip
Julius Caesar
The Saatchi Gallery & Chelsea Theatre
2 October - 15 November 2014
"A STORMING PRODUCTION" Tatler
"SMACKS THE AUDIENCE" Bargain Theatreland
"I HAVEN’T SEEN A BETTER MARC" ANTONY Broadway World