"The first half is engrossing and the palpable tension following Danielle’s entry to the cave bubbles nicely for a time, but things run out of steam and the latter half feels sluggish by comparison"
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“It’s overlong (running without an interval) and not always as shocking as it thinks it is. But it is beautifully staged, acted with commitment and meaning and has a remarkable ability to undercut expectations and open up thinking.”
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"As a whole, the play quickly becomes more exasperating than intriguing. It circles its themes obsessively without ever making much in the way of satisfying progress."
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“The Shitheads doesn’t leave us with lessons on how to survive a climate disaster; nor does it aim to. Rather, it is a piece of theatre that takes big swings...in an effort to remind us that we all do terrible things to survive.”
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“The narrative threads - conspiracy, inherited fear, the fragile birth of community - never quite tie themselves into a satisfying knot.”
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“While there are only a handful of moments in which this production really comes alive, it’s a confident, punchy, and dramatically substantial piece of theatre – exactly what you want from a new original.”
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