Director Polly Findlay's meticulous and moving production fills the large space of the Bridge... The play remains startling and, for me, even more relevant than when I first saw it at the Royal Court in 2002...'
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A dream team dazzles anew. Roger Allam and Colin Morgan refashion Caryl Churchill's contemporary classic... Anyone expecting an exercise in theatrical penance should prepare for no small share of laughs.'
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Roger Allam stars in a brief and beautiful investigation into identity. It’s only an hour long, but Caryl Churchill’s timely play is a wonderfully unsettling triumph.'
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Polly Findlay brilliantly reimagines Caryl Churchill’s cloning play as a kitchen sink drama, powered by a phenomenal performance from Roger Allam... it’s devastating because it feels so familiar.'
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Within a few minutes of stage-time, Churchill has spawned a human-interest drama of the highest order...This is a short, crunchy evening but the head-spinning stuff of lingering nightmares.'
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Fine performances by Roger Allam and Colin Morgan galvanise this short, sharp meditation on cloning and identity by Caryl Churchill...This is the nature versus nurture debate minted anew.'
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Polly Findlay's take on A Number, a troubling hour-long inquisition about the nature of family and the possibilities of modern science...a fine and superbly acted rethinking of a provocative and powerful play.'
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...frustrating that Churchill takes so long to say, ultimately, very little. As an exercise in pure stage technique, A Number has some appeal: drama students should go along with notebooks at the ready.'
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