 DYE YOUNG/STAY PRETTY Adelaide Festival 2010 / Feast Festival 2009 / London and UK tour 2007-08/Edinburgh Festival 2007 Adelaide Independent Highly engaging....a fine performance, littered with a variety of wonderful characters and an unexpected poignancy. A touching story with a strong and assured stage presence Rip It Up - Adeleide Guide A beautifully flowing script brought to life by Medley's 'can't look-away' style and presence. You'll love it. Fabulous! Adelaide Now A tour-de-force, powerful and passionate performance to savour, in Adrian Berry's excellent script DB Magazine (Australia) An enthralling tale that will have you in raptures. Grippingly told, touchingly heartfelt and raw powered; 'Dye Young/Stay Pretty' is simply just brilliant. Fringe Benefits (Australia) A vivacious tour-de-force. Medley commands your attention effortlessly from start to finish....all the necessary elements for a hit production The Herald (4 stars) Adrian Berry's bright and punchy solo play recalls Julie Burchill....it packs an emotional punch. Someone get this on the radio immediately The List (4 stars) Medley's energy and comic timing, combined with Adrian Berry's skilled direction - you can't help but be pulled into the play's world. This is definitely one to see Fest Magazine This enthralling one-woman show. Entertaining, lively and, at times, a serious show  FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS London 2000/Edinburgh Festival & tour 2002 Time Out Magazine: CRITIC'S CHOICE Adrian Berry's first play turns out to be that rarest of things: a fringe play which exceeds all expectations. The play stays true to its convincingly complex characters. It is equally full of perspicacity and imagination and leaves the strong impression that Berry, as writer, is one to watch. Madeleine North BBC London Live Moving and touching, it blew me away. I cried my eyes out. You forget you're in a theatre and you can't ask for much more than that. David Benson Three Weeks Magazine (Edinburgh Festival weekly) The plainly fanatic director shirks no responsibility in this bleak tale of suicide, self-mutilation and family crises - all devastatingly punctuated with prime cuts of Bowie. This is a memorable show, a worthy depiction of anyone who has ever turned to their record collection in despair. ***** 5 stars Teenage Wildlife Berry's finest moment; he strikes right to the heart of the matter and pulls no punches.  BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Trinity Theatre Kent 2004/Jacksons Lane London 2006 Time Out (top 10 Christmas shows 4 stars) Beauty and the Beast Adrian Berry has sprinkled just enough seasonally appropriate farce and fairy dust into the darker allusions wreathed around this coming-of-age fairy tale. He's liberal with sassy one-liners and witty repostes that makes grownups guffaw, and indulges children with some wonderfully hectic, audience-invading moments. Ronnie Haydon The Stage, 2004 Berry has masterminded a real gem - fresh, moving, colourful, funny and thoughtful. Beautifully directed. The Stage 2006 Beautifully touching and fresh with dark undertones which give the production some real depth. Adrian Berry has really brought out the moving love story and given it a 21st century feel. A thoughtful and tasteful Christmas show for the more grown-up.  A CHRISTMAS CAROL Trinity Theatre Kent 2005/Jacksons Lane London 2008 Evening Standard - Fiona Mountford A restorative burst of Christmas cheer...writer-director Adrian Berry has moved Dickens' indestructible 1843 story to the present day but those partial to a good bit of Victoriana can rest assured that the beating heart of the piece is still intact and that it remains a moving fable of grace & redemption.There's a lovably warming, hand-knitted feel to the whole project. (4 stars) The Stage A well-adapted, creative version of the Dickens classic...true to the original, writer and director Adrian Berry has translated it well into the modern day to reveal a beautiful tale.    JACK PLEASURE Edinburgh Festival 2001/London run & tour 2002 Metro (5 stars) "If it sounds like a Pulp song, it looks like one too... all false glam and seedy charm. Tear jerking... perfectly judged... Berry's Jack Pleasure could easily be the final chapter in what has been a rich seam for English playwrights." One for Review The direction is tight and pacy, the characters are beautifully written Edinburgh Guide 5 stars Jack Pleasure is testament to Adrian Berry's close understanding of the play's most important underlying theme: the human condition.  Indie London A gem, handled with intelligence and at carefully timed moments, very moving. A definite sensation. This is London A captivating play, creating a dark and fascinating atmosphere.  CINDERELLA First version Trinity Theatre Kent 2006/second version Jacksons Lane London 2009 The Times It's a bit like popping your toddler in front of CBeebies to find that Anthony Minghella has suddenly taken over writing and directing The Tweenies... The Stage Excellent...clever and topical, this is no cuddly Christmas story Science is a Lie A fun and impressive production that is perfectly pitched at children of all ages. Jam packed with bright colours, fast music and impressive stunts. Spell binding clowning routines draw gasps from the assembled crowd....exactly what you want at Christmas Spoonfed London Hugely entertaining, cleverly scripted and staged, this brings Cinderella to a 21st century audience. It's brilliant children's entertainment, with awe-inspiring acrobatics, stunning effects and a soundtrack that transcends generations. Its absurdity is what makes it so entertaining. This is London Cinderella quite literally flips the traditional rags-to-riches tale on its head, with acrobatics, magic and circus skills aplenty. Cleverly playing on modern society's obsession with reality TV, pure comedy genius...a joy to watch UK Theatre.net The well-loved story is given new life in this thoroughly entertaining, quirky, top quality show...a dazzling display of highly skilled circus and tumbling routines with daredevil acrobatics and cheeky characterisations that wow and delight. A heartwarming, magical treat and a real 'must-see' during the Christmas season  |