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Press

“Goodbye attention seekers, hello seven nude men in a cellar” The Observer - click to read article

“Powerful stuff” The Guardian - click to read article

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***** “Must-see at this year’s Fringe” British Theatre Guide - click to read article

***** “Heart wrenching, revolting and downright harrowing, 'The Curing Room' is a spectacular show that should be

caught by all who can stomach it.” Edinburgh Guide - click to read article

***** “In its sprawling depiction of brutality and brotherhood, The Curing Room becomes visceral, haunting and affecting –

a truly momentous theatrical achievement.” Edinburgh Reporter - click to read article

***** “A spectacular production and without a doubt the most moving play I’ve seen at the Fringe” 

Inside One Mind - click to read article

*****  “This is 90 minutes of some of the most intense, visceral theatre you’re likely to encounter on the Fringe”

TV Bomb - click to read article TV Bomb - click to read article

***** “Every now and then a piece of theatre comes about that can’t afford to hide its message,

or the power of its intentions, behind subtlety.” The New Current - click to read article

***** “Bold in its bareness and keeps you guessing at who will survive and at what cost, a thrilling performance.” 

The Student Newspaper - click to read article

**** “A bold, brave, powerfully disturbing show” 

The List - click to read article

**** “David Ian Lee's uncompromising script is performed with a drastic vulnerability by the cast of seven and is

directed with a brutal relentlessness by Joao de Sousa.” Whatsonstage.com - click to read article

**** “A powerful,  moving and truly harrowing piece of drama” EdFringe Review - click to read article

**** “Cock-filled carnage, a bold and brassy blood bath” Gay Times - click to read article

**** “This is one show that, once seen, is sure never to be forgotten” ScotsGay - click to read article

**** “ Theatrical reality that demands sympathy and invites judgment” British Theatre Guide - click to read article

**** “A spectacular production and without a doubt the most moving play I’ve seen at the Fringe” Inside One Mind

**** “Truly, this is a piece of must-see theatre” DarkChat - click to read article

**** “An urgent reminder of both the horrors that have passed and that continue to unfold as a result of the darker,

more primitive side of human nature.” Postscript Journal - click to read article

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Highly Recommended

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“The performances are energetic, nuanced and highly developed.” Fringe Review - click to read article

“It’s a bold and brilliantly executed drama with a great script and a fantastic ensemble” The Courier

“Horrific, but also hauntingly beautiful.” Streams and Mirrors - click to read article

 

*** “Violent and explicit, quietly moving” Libby Purves, TheatreCat - click to read article

*** “Joao de Sousa’s startlingly effective staging” The Stage - click to read article

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