20 December, 2011

EDWARD SHINES IN MUSICAL VERSION OF WILDE'S CLASSIC COMEDY

When Iqbal Khan’s dinky production switches to the countryside, the evening flowers into gorgeous bloom, revealing its best tunes and strongest performances. … The delightful Susie Blake as a guilt-etched Miss Prism steals the show twice; once alongside Edward Petherbridge’s wonderfully abstracted Dr Chasuble in a clever, cooing, emotionally coiled duet. (Read full review)
TELEGRAPH, 16/12/11

Susie Blake and Edward Petherbridge are sublimely funny as Prism and Chasuble, the latter all dotty distraction, the former a bulbous-eyed whirlwind of trapped novel-writing fervour. (Read full review)
INDEPENDENT, 19/12/11

The young lovers, Mark Edel-Hunt, Anya Murphy, Colin Ryan and Flora Spencer-Longhurst have their work cut out to hold their own against old hands Stefan Bednarczyk, Susie Blake and Edward Petherbridge. … It is the music that lifts this version of the old favourite from the very good to the outstanding. … Cecily's explanation of her instant falling for Algernon (‘Wicked’ is a high point, but even that is topped by Miss Prism and Dr Chasuble’s coy confession of late-blooming love (‘It All Began In A Garden’). (Read full review)
BROADWAYWORLD.COM,  14/12/11



Susie Blake and Edward Petherbridge as an adorable Miss Prism and Dr Chasuble really do great work, their duet ‘It All Began In A Garden’ is a delightfully sweet take on the birds and the bees. (Read full review)
THERE OUGHT TO BE CLOWNS, 14/12/11

Susie Blake and Edward Petherbridge as a delectable Miss Prism and Dr Chasuble were the undoubted stars of this show for me and brought the often overlooked emerging love between these two characters into wonderful full beam comedic light. I loved each and every moment they were on stage and their songs were simply perfect. Two great actors, enjoying themselves on stage with such a sense of fun is a pleasure to watch. (Read full review)
GSCENE.COM, 17/12/11

The stars of the evening are, without question, Susie Blake (Prism) and Edward Petherbridge (Chasuble) as the dotty and forlorn would-be-lovers. Their duet at the top of act two is, and would be, a showstopper in any production. (Read full review)
UK THEATRE WEB, 17/12/11


The duet ‘It All Began In A Garden’ is undoubtedly a highlight thanks to the delicious comedic marriage of Susie Blake as Miss Prism and Edward Petherbridge as Canon Chasuble. (Read full review)
WEST END WHINGERS, 22/12/11