Sometimes the biggest moments in theatre reside in the smallest of gestures. Faith, Hope & Charity is a mosaic of fleeting glances and unexpressed emotions, sudden rages and brutal revelations...'
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Like the writing, the acting is observant rather than demonstrative....there is exemplary work from the whole cast...In the end, this is that rare thing: a necessary play...'
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Rich in empathy, dramatically raw, Alexander Zeldin's bleak study of society on the edge...Zeldin’s honesty is such that he can’t give his characters 'voices' that they wouldn’t have in their real circumstances.'
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...this powerful new play by socially minded writer-director Alexander Zeldin... taking an unflinching look at various aspects of austerity Britain...Natasha Jenkins’s set is a masterpiece of realism.'
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...these stories are worth telling because they’re good stories, ones that offer representation for a vast swathe of society that’s usually either untouched or sensationalised by theatre and film.'
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...seems to me an utterly necessary and deeply compassionate depiction of the kinds of lives that it is all too easy to ignore. It seems artless, yet is a superbly delicate and artful piece of work...'
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Mostly this deeply loving, oddly riveting depiction of people hanging on quietly, but determinedly at the edge of despair lets us come to our own conclusions.'
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Alexander Zeldin remains an unparalleled chronicler of everyday pain and joy...He still finds the hope in desperate circumstances, and can still catch you off-guard with a single line...'
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