"Creative team come together in perfect sensual harmony...Movement direction from Kane Husbands is also remarkable – it gently illustrates the world of the play, sweeping through the scene transitions like a cool summer breeze."
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"Samira Wiley and Giles Terera are fabulously matched as a waiflike singer with an astonishing bluesy voice and a larger-than-life dandy whose horror at bad couture provides a rich seam of frock jokes."
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"Their conversation is funny and vital, their movement loose and full of dance...The evening sustains itself with performances that sweep you away."
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"Terera, Adekoluẹjo and director Linton - each provide a different but potent draw to audiences. Certainly, they all contribute to the alchemy of a deliciously funny and deeply affecting piece of theatre."
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"This play makes a fraught, fascinating era of Black cultural history feel real and alive...And it paints rich, complex friendships with a warmth that stays with you, long after its final notes have faded."
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"Vintage songs and music composed by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell are an integral part of Lynette Linton’s handsome production."
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"This is not strictly a musical but a play with sporadic music...It’s an all-round treat – would that the National could have scheduled it for a longer run."
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