Boys Reviews at Soho Theatre
Monday, June 4, 2012
Ella Hickson's BOYS opened to press this week at Soho Theatre following its premiere at HighTide Festival and run at the Nuffield, Southampton. Here's what the press had to say on our co-production with Headlong and the Nuffield, Southampton.
I have to start by saying that this play is stunning. Sarah Nutland, The Public Reviews, FIVE STARS
A promising play that catches a febrile atmosphere and the curious mournfulness of passing youth. Sarah Hemming, Financial Times FOUR STARS
Ella Hickson’s Boys is a substantial achievement. David Jays, Sunday Times, FOUR STARS
Ella Hickson’s compelling new play is no less ambitious than her earlier work but it is bigger in scale if not sweep, and more determined than ever to explore what it is to be young in the world today. Natasha Tripney, The Stage
Tensions rise in a play that both powerfully captures the mood of a generation and addresses permanent truths with exhilarating flair. Paul Taylor, The Independent, FOUR STARS
Hickson’s writing bubbles with ideas and nice insights.... The cast is impressively vigorous. Henry Hitchings, The Evening Standard
Fearless emotional immediacy and tight comic timing. Honour Bayes, Time Out, FOUR STARS
Hickson is too perceptive a writer and too astute a dramatist to play one string when she has a whole violin. Aleks Sierz, The Arts Desk
Boys is invigorating, and brilliantly played... What an exciting writer Ella Hickson is. Dominic Maxwell, The Times.
Ella Hickson’s fierce and funny Boys is the strongest indication yet of her emergent talent. Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage, FOUR STARS
The range and sheer vitality of the writing is seriously enviable. David Benedict, Variety
Acutely observed and wickedly funny. Lyn Gardner, Guardian
Boys is a play that tries to do everything and very nearly succeeds. Imogen Sarre, A Younger Theatre
Boys is an absolute heart-pounding triumph of a play. What's On The Fringe FIVE STARS