24.8.11
Really liked it! Filmic and well acted, a good account of fundamentalism close to home.
James Nicholson and Sebastian Senior
Really liked it! Filmic and well acted, a good account of fundamentalism close to home.
James Nicholson and Sebastian Senior
Outstandingly good! Wish The Traverse would produce that kind of work! A courage look at fundamentalism.
Chris
Brilliant! Acting great! ...Story line is good and very believable.
Ian Mears
23.8.11
Fantastic. There was a tear and I'm not an emotional person!
Hayley
Brilliant. Fantastic performances.
Peter Ellis
Brilliant, well constructed, shocking and really of the moment issues. I recommend it.
Will
21.8.11
Chris
Brilliant! Acting great! ...Story line is good and very believable.
Ian Mears
23.8.11
Fantastic. There was a tear and I'm not an emotional person!
Hayley
Brilliant. Fantastic performances.
Peter Ellis
Brilliant, well constructed, shocking and really of the moment issues. I recommend it.
Will
21.8.11
An excellent piece which I thoroughly enjoyed. Very topical and gave plenty of fodder for post show discussions with friends! The acting was excellent and I'd just like to know what happened next!
19.8.11
Very enticing and disturbing, a good piece of drama with a compelling twist and polished performances.
Elaine and Fish Anders Olesen
18.8.11
We really enjoyed it, good direction and well written, convincingly acted. Melodramatic but not over performed.
Paul and Jess
17.8.11
Really good. Simply done and intense, but funny when it needed to be.
Dennis Herdman
Very good, well acted and an interesting topic
Mike Eppel
Simply stunning. Gripped throughout, as the dynamics and phrases of the piece were perfectly orchestrated. Excellent casting as I truly believed they were a family riddled with bruises. Could see it being transferred to the Almedia - please make this happen. The best show I've seen this season.
Charlotte King
Brilliant!
Rosie L
16.8.11
Brilliant, excellent, strong cast and very professional. Powerful story and strong climax.
Janet and David Osborne
Very intense, brilliant characters. Frightening to think there are people like this in the world, it will stay with me.
Carol Faint
It was very dark, mysterious and scary how their beliefs were so powerfully put across.
James Valentine
"...dramatic tension and heartfelt emotion...The cast is strong and the characters of the father, older brother and youngest brother are played by stand out actors. "
Teresa Sparks
15.8.11
Saw this play last week and loved it. It did that thing that all good plays do, it evoked the emotions whilst watching the fabulous performance of all the actors and then lived with us afterwards causing immediate conversation and week long reflection. Well done to all concerned.
Mike Knowles
Really good - an intense experience, very powerful and quite disturbing portrait of Zealots in Christianity. Very interesting with brilliant performances, it feels like a Coen brothers film.
Nick Blower
14.8.11
A brilliant show with a very talented cast. The direction ( Gari Jones) and skill of the actors allowed you to feel truly involved with the performance. Shining moments, in particular from David Tarkenter, Jamie Wallwork and Nathan Wright made the performance for me. This show wouldn't be out of place at the National. A must see.
Joel Marvin
13.8.11
Very good. The best thing I've seen in a week at the Fringe"
Rob F
"This is the best thing I've seen. The cast are incredible, they showed 300% commitment. Nothing approaches the intensity or technicality (of Darkness). Very realistic but nothing is held back."
Jerry Leavy
"Beautifully directed. Lovely ensemble, really good performances. Interesting and relevant topic...I believed the world that was created before me"
Joy Harrison
12.8.11
"Fully formed, very well realised. Rich text and incredible cast."
Rob Salmon
"Deeply evocative, this play leaves one contemplating mankind for days afterwards. It's brilliant. Surprising, gripping, inspiring, terrifying. Quite long for a fringe production, it nevertheless felt like ten minutes as it totally absorbed through a tight production. The acting was strong and consistent. Darkness must be a play that will last long beyond the Fringe. It had something really memorable that is quite hard to encapsulate in a few words. Incredibly exciting to be at one of its first productions, I was left feeling that I had witnessed something that I would discuss years later."
Christine Temple
"A good script, tightly acted. Resonances with various Bible stories - but not derivative of them. This play is not about the evils of religion as about the evil that religion can become. My heart went out to the mother who lost her son twice over.****"
David Goodrum
"Great. Really good. David Tarkenter as Huw was phenomenal. Really well written."
Alexander Thomas & Peregrine Fallows
"Awesome, the quality of the acting meant you could relate to the issues. Brilliant, thankyou"
Mike Burr & Alex Roden
"Brilliant play. Brilliant performances."
Paul Tinto
10.8.11
"We both cried simultaneously, without knowing. Absolutely brilliant"
Karen Binks and Scott Morgan
"Fantastic, isolating, the audience is witnessing something profound"
William Donaldson
9.8.11
"Very strong performances by David Tarkenter (George) and Jamie Wallwork (Tony) in a bleak and frightening look into the dark heart of religious fanaticism. All leavened with a touch of surreal humor.
Ebay, indeed!!"
Mark Kleiman
7.8.11
"Wicked. Very stong cast. Reminded me of something you'd see at the National Theatre"
Emma Arends & Rebecca Farrell
"Absolutely magnificent. Really quite something"
Kate Crawford
"Very much enjoyed it. Very interesting"
Paul Boshies
