"The glorious moment when George and Kenny find contentment by splashing into a stylised ocean will stay with me for a long time."
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"The writing is profoundly humane...what particularly stands out now, in Simon Reade’s skilful stage adaptation, is its unsparing exploration of the ways we strive to put ourselves back together after a loss."
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"This production – lean, inventive but fatally grounded in its action and effects – ends up proving the story’s inherent anti-theatricality."
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"It's never less than watchable, and the language is something to savour even as it defies theatricalisation, it just needs more fire in its belly and a clearer picture of the central protagonist."
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"Despite the compelling performances and the lasting tenderness of Isherwood’s narrative, Wilson’s production still feels distant...With its centre on ageing and the uncontrollability of death as relevant today as ever, it is a loss that we don’t find this production breathtaking."
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"There are good elements to this production, but on the whole they don’t quite click together...the ending is hugely touching and really quite beautiful as the lights go down."
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"Even though there is an awkwardness to the introduction and a too-quick detachment at the finale, what happens in-between is often good and sometimes deeply affecting."
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“Even though there is an awkwardness to the introduction and a too-quick detachment at the finale, what happens in-between is often good and sometimes deeply affecting. While it isn’t a perfect adaptation, I’m not sure that such a thing could exist for ‘A Single Man’. “
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