“Visually and dramatically, (Antony) McDonald has realised (Gerald) Barry’s surreal operatic world with wonderful precision…musically it is all delivered with as much deftness and inexhaustible energy as the manic stage business” – ★★★★★
The Guardian
“It’s hard to imagine a more colourful, witty and deliriously enjoyable staging than this”
The Sunday Times
“Vibrant colour, fun, freeze-frame lighting flashes and no dull moments… Antony McDonald makes it more than a visual treat: every choreographed movement adds to the integration of plot and music or enhances some of the absurdities… everyone rises to the occasion with hysterical results… a must-see production” – ★★★★★
Irish Times
“Hugely, riotously engaging and an absolute must-see”
Belfast Telegraph
“Work of such uncompromising brilliance from a provincial UK company is, quite simply, astounding” – ★★★★★
Opera Now
Belfast Telegraph
Hugely, riotously engaging and an absolute must-see