"This is overlong and very static for a solo show and if you lose focus you can miss one of the narrative swerves... There’s no real resolution to this uneven work, but it’s an undeniably fine performance."
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"[Maureen Lipman's] funny when she needs to be, imbued with quiet pathos. She’s saluting a remarkable generation, but she’s one of a kind too."
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"She’s a solid, stoic presence, barely moving throughout the show’s lengthy run time but expressing a great depth of emotion with impressive subtlety...Lipman also displays some impeccable comic timing, dropping deadpan punchlines into even the bleakest moments of her story."
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"In a stunningly sensitive and sentimental approach, Lipman delivers one of the all time great performances and should definitely be given her flowers for a triumph such as this."
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"[Maureen Lipman] wows with this still and utterly gripping performance. Funny, heartbreaking and fierce all at once, this is a masterclass in acting. There really is nothing quite like a Dame."
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"This is a gruelling and stark one-woman show focusing on the eponymous Rose...Maureen Lipman’s performance is poised and dignified, and she hits all the beats of Sherman’s sharply observed, dry humour...Nevertheless, this is a devastatingly timely revival of a harrowing and human piece – an enduring story of survival."
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"There’s real magic to this play, and it’s no surprise it has seen such success...The play is a beautiful exploration of identity, belonging and, ultimately, the depressing reality of how little has changed."
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"Two things become very clear: Lipman is an extraordinary actress, and Sherman an extraordinary writer...it’s elegance, simplicity, all pared back and back until the only focus is Lipman and the story, and through its simplicity it hollows you out all the more."
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