Radio 4 - Saturday Review
to hear review click here and skip to 35 mins 16 secs'very intimate and beautiful.' Sarfraz Manzoor.
'really tremendously powerful.' Michael Arditti – writer.
'Absolutely brilliant set pieces... It was a really great experience.' Sarah Dunant - author and broadcaster.
'I just loved the whole immersion into it, and the feeling that we became the students. We were being shouted at and herded along, it was all kind of terrifying in a lovely way.' Kamila Shamsie - novelist.
Time Out Critics Choice Jane Edwardes
'An impressive launch for the new Southwark Playhouse and will surely prove popular with those theatregoers who seek experiences more than plays.'
The Metro Claire Allfree
'...the vicious momentum of Abelard and Heloise's violent persecution by an enemy within reaps rich dramatic rewards.'
The Guardian Lyn Gardner
'...creating moments of disorientation that cow us into submission but also gives us brilliant images that give distance and perspective. None is more beautiful or desolate than our final glimpse of the lovers...'
The Stage Barbara Lewis
'...As we wander rapt through cavernous vaults in this promenade performance, we are not just an audience, but religious novices, peering fearfully into the gloom. The lovers’ tragedy is not remote, but a trauma shaking our own community...'
The Financial Times Sarah Hemming
'....Goat and Monkey makes good use of the space, choreographing the story around the tunnels and arches, using lighting and sound ingeniously to create eerie tableaux...'