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Press reaction and reviews

“A triple whammy”

“Youth and taboo always did make convincing bedfellows, and if you’re going to start opening Pandora’s box, Islington’s not a bad place to do it.”
Julia Buckley, The London Paper


“The bright young things of Grey Light are bursting to set the stage alight.”

On Grey Light: “On the brink of their big break.”
Sara McCorquodale, Sutton Guardian


On Grey Light: “Excited, very hard-working, and have already shown that they have a lot of talent, commitment and passion.”
Stephanie Sinclaire, Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre


“This collection of three short plays from Sam Thomas…is an engaging experience. As these are his first three plays, this is rather impressive.”

“Telemaphone is a piece…with real staying power. Largely thanks to a stately performance by Stephen Bateman, this is a real success. We get a snapshot into the twilight days of a man’s life.”

“BANK is the most polished of the three – city boys on a team building weekend in the woods pick on the ‘outsider’ of the group… It is very well cast and excellently performed.”
Edward Shepherd, Islington Gazette


“Surreal, yet comically timed, the interaction between the lone cowboy and Frank is superbly delivered.”

“The tightly knitted pieces by this young writer, exploring the core of real human emotion while projecting a high level of comedy, are a pure delight and well worth catching.”
Natalie Li, Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and other papers


“The fact that the audience is kept part of the guessing game is the key to [Ticky Tock's] black comedy, and Christian Edwards (Dan) and Joseph Garton (Mike) keep up [a]… tension of uncomfortable, unsure conversation in this amusing two-man show.”

“Sam Thomas focuses the audience’s attention on a moment in which two strangers have their routines broken. The script is funny and precise, but it is Stephen Bateman’s perfect timing and charming voice that make the piece [Telemaphone] so watchable, and its full version much anticipated.”

“[BANK]'s witty dialogue and taut characterisation … [is] carried out brilliantly by the five-man cast…This is a continually amusing, wittily-written and excellently acted play which can only make for a very entertaining evening, and the cast is great to watch.”

“*****”
J.C.H. Potts, The Oxford Student