| Reviews |
| A Cool Million: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin Smirnoff Underbelly (Edinburgh Fringe), Latchmere Theatre (London) & University of Warwick. Adapted and directed by Jack McNamara. Cast: Ross Armstrong, Jo Cauchi, Nils Killgren, Ben Mcleisch, Alex Maxwell, Jack McNamara, Chris Tester "Absoultely mad but completely brilliant enjoyment... with the irrepressible pace and enthusiastic freshness of the performances... I laughed continually from the first word and left wanting a lot more - whacky and truly originally funny from beginning to end". - * * * * Three Weeks "a brilliant comic treat". - * * * * * edfringe.com "The most brutally comic event of the year... an immaculate exercise in organised insanity". - Stratford Herald "there are noteworthy efforts from Chris Tester and Ben Mcleisch" - British Theatre Guide |
| Crave Smirnoff Underbelly (Edinburgh Fringe) Failbetter Productions. Directed by Johnathan Heron. Cast: Joesph Brack, Helen Bradbury,Lucie Collins, Chris Tester "a remarkable intensity in all four performances... Chris Tester's understated alcoholic and Lucie Collins' childish 'older woman' complement Helen Bradbury's performance (of electric intensity) perfectly, and Joesph Brack is able to make human the play's least symptahetic character, at least for a few minutes... it's a kind of sublime miserablism, beautifully handled". - * * * * Culture Wars "a young company have created a well thought out production which is gut-wrenchingly effective... a play on the knife edge between beauty and destructiveness... in Edinburgh's dark Underbelly it shines as if the ink was still fresh, the tears were still wet". - * * * * The Scotsman "The performances from all four cast members are strong, committed and painfully articulate". - * * * * Metro - * * * * The Herald - * * * * The List |