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Oh What A Lovely War Press Reviews
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Oh! What a Lovely War (The Stage)
“Taking on Oh! What a Lovely War with a cast of
five is some challenge, but it is what one has come to expect of Blackeyed Theatre,
one of the most innovative, audacious companies working in contemporary English theatre...
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Oh What A Lovely War (Ross Gazette)
“With the 90th anniversary of the end of WW1 approaching,
Blackeyed Theatre’s resurrection of Joan Littlewood’s satire on World War I is timely.
Any notion that we – in this age of multi media – have become inured to the images
of war is quickly dismissed as the video backdrop silently presents shocking images
of the WW1 conflict and beyond...” Read more
OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR (Lancashire Evening Post)
“Nothing more terrible could ever be
imagined.’ This could refer to any natural disaster, such as the obliteration of
Pompeii, or to any large-scale war with a huge casualty list. But this line from
Joan Littlewood’s seminal Oh What A Lovely War of 1968, refer specifically to the
mass carnage from the Great War of 1914 – 1918...” Read more
Oh What A Lovely War (Hexham Courant)
“In November 1918 Lloyd George declared the
end of the cruellest and most terrible war ....I hope we may say, this fateful morning,
came an end to all wars. The Frenchman Marshal Foch was more prescient, describing
the peace treaty as only an armistice for twenty years...” Read more
Minimal cast creates maximum impact (Hereford Times)
“A CAST of just five men is creating maximum impact at The Courtyard, where Blackeyed Theatre presents Oh What a Lovely War in the first date of a nationwide tour...” Read more
Tragedy and farce combine (Henley Standard)
“In his programme notes for Joan Littlewood’s
Oh! What A Lovely War (at the Kenton Theatre last week) director Adrian McDougall
points out that tragedy and farce are never far apart. And that just about sums it
up...” Read more
Oh what a lovely show (Stourbridge News)
“BLACKEYED Theatre Company's version of Oh
What A Lovely War was a charming piece of theatre...” Read more
Theatre Review: Oh What A Lovely War, South Hill Park (Bracknell News)
“FROM the moment
the show opens with a video montage taking the audience back in time from drunken
yobs on the streets of today’s Britain to the trenches of the First World War it
is clear this retelling of the “War to end all wars” is as relevant today as it ever
was...” Read more