Reviews

• Nadia

  Aug 23, 2018

  An amazing production, and brilliant performances from all the actors. This play is funny and touching, and engaging throughout. The first half builds the tension for what's going to happen just like a brewing storm. And the second half is as good. I really enjoyed it, and I highly recommend it.

• Robin Ellwood

  Aug 22, 2018

  Excellent play. Great story line. Not sure how accurate it would be but very plausable. Loved the humour too. The cast all did well. Although I was in Row P of the stalls I was dead centre and felt very close to the stage/characters which also added a good dimension often lost with the cheaper tickets. Theatre staff were all courteous and helpful. Well done to all involved

• Sally Dawson

  Aug 21, 2018

  Thought the play was excellent. It was superbly acted by all members and suspenseful, humorous and informative. Really enjoyed every moment.

• Gary

  Aug 21, 2018

  Brilliant !!

• Jaxon

  Aug 21, 2018

  Very well written.

• Leo

  Aug 18, 2018

  Fantastic

• Tony Barber

  Aug 14, 2018

  The play was brilliant and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The challenge of making important decisions based on uncertainty and conflicting opinions is as relevant today as it was for the invasion.

• CF

  Aug 12, 2018

  very good play

• jane parke

  Aug 12, 2018

  An unsual subject matter but totally captivating. well acted & staged . Tiny intimate theatre -

• David Crouch

  Aug 12, 2018

  Very engaging, playing on the pressure of the atmosphere, the blood pressure of Stagg's wife close to giving birth, and the pressure under which Stagg has to make an accurate weather forecast and Eisenhower has to make a decision. Brilliantly acted especially by David Haig. Presented with a balance of sensitivity to the potential and then realised human suffering the order to go would bring about, with the wit and humour of the banter that goes on in the meteorological office.

• Steve Tongue

  Aug 12, 2018

  Thoroughly enjoyable! David Haig is a master!

• Mel

  Aug 12, 2018

  This was a truly memorable performance for all the right reasons. Entertaining, informative, captivating and the level of energy on stage throughout was remarkable. The audience was completely engaged from start to finish. Highly recommend anyone to see this!

• Robin

  Aug 12, 2018

  Absolutely brilliant. First class acting. Not to be missed.

• Andrew E

  Aug 10, 2018

  Refreshing new angle on a well documented event. Well written and expertly delivered. Highly recommended.

• Mark

  Aug 10, 2018

  Exceptional play. Outstanding performances. Altogether moving and memorable. Every scene well crafted and executed. This play should endure. Time, place, moods captured perfectly.

• Andy Allpass

  Aug 10, 2018

  A fantastic play, a fantastic cast, and the story of a possibly little known but crucial part played by the Allies (and one man in particular) in the Second World War. Grippingly told, it held my attention throughout! Not a moment of wasted or pointless dialogue. So good I bought the programme and a copy of the play off the attendant! Thank you, David Haig, for bringing this to our attention so wonderfully. As he says in the programme, he wants as many people as possible to know about this story, and he is correct to want this! Brilliant!

• Jaqui

  Aug 9, 2018

  A well written play on a little known historical and important moment in time with an excellant cast. David Haig gives a compelling performance

• CVL Boston

  Aug 9, 2018

  A British friend suggested I see David Haig in Pressure during my ten day visit from Boston. I read a lot of fiction and non-fiction about WWII and thoroughly enjoyed this play. I see a lot af theater while here in the summer. Usually musicals as they cost a fortune in the US. It was great seeing David Haig whom we know from Killing Eve and other British mysteries on TV. Kudos to the other actors as well, especially Malcolm Sinclair and Laura Rogers. Despite knowing the ending, Pressure delivered as a tense drama with wonderful bits of humor.

• John Wilson

  Aug 9, 2018

  Excellent performance, well acted, good content, thoroughly enjoyed it.

• BK

  Aug 8, 2018

  We bought tickets for this after reading a few of the reviews and having seen David Haig in other performances. The subject being the weather forecasting for the D-Day invasion was unusual but it was brought to life in an engaging manner. We really did enjoy it and have been talking about it ever since.

• Tracie Wolstenholme

  Aug 8, 2018

  The talent of the actors is overwhelming. Interesting to have an insight into WW2 from a crucial meteorogical viewpoint. David Haig is brilliant.

• Alan Ereira

  Aug 8, 2018

  A masterful playing out of a less than obvious story but performed rather like a radio play with the performances nevrr dropping down to a naturalistic level.

• Amy

  Aug 8, 2018

  We really enjoyed ‘Pressure’ - at times moving, at times funny, excellent acting.

• Andrew G

  Aug 7, 2018

  Remarkably captivating and thoroughly plausible drama. Touching, funny and really interesting. Well acted by all the cast.

• Clare Thorpe

  Aug 5, 2018

  This was an exceptional production that gripped one from beginning to end thoroughly enjoyable and would highly recommend.

• Teri

  Aug 4, 2018

  Excellent production. Really enjoyable.

• Madeline

  Aug 3, 2018

  Best theatre I've seen all year - gripped from start to finish, in a good way...

• J

  Aug 2, 2018

  Excellent production capturing the increasing tension during the week leading up to D day.

• bill

  Jul 29, 2018

  We had really wanted to see David Haig but he was injured. The stand in did a very good job but since David wrote the play and we particularly like his style we were sad not to see him. However the whole cast was really good and the story was tense. Particularly edge of the seat stuff if you can't remember the actual date of the d day landings. This play reinforces the shocking notion that history can sometimes turn on the actions of a handful of people. We also loved the way that several relationships had been carefully woven into the action which added to the interest. Dont worry if you don't understand anything about the weather. It's all brilliantly set out in big charts and whilst some detail is given it is by no means overdone. Go to see this play. You won't regret it.

• Tony

  Jul 29, 2018

  The performance was very strong throughout, well done

• Elizabeth Demoster

  Jul 29, 2018

  I saw the matinée performance of Pressure yesterday. I found it utterly riveting, tense and have already recommended it to several friends....... All the cast were excellent in their rôles, but the Scottish meteorologist and “Ike” were superb. I am old enough to have seen Eisenhower........funnily enough, outside Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, and the resemblance was extraordinary. Also, his female assistant and driver displayed great emotional intensity and was so believable. Thank you! Elizabeth Dempster

• JoshuaM

  Jul 29, 2018

  Brilliant writing and a strong cast make this an unmissable play. I might even go to see it again.

• john

  Jul 25, 2018

  haig the playwright tells a very good story most excellently haig the actor too much on one tone he is usually so good 15 minutes too long the rugby vs american football did not really add to the story

• William

  Jul 24, 2018

  Very Enjoyable. Excellent value for money. Held my attention throughout

• Tony Bolger

  Jul 24, 2018

  Totally engaging, often funny, occasionally touching. Excellent performances. All that and the discovery of a true hero of D Day!

• Maria

  Jul 22, 2018

  A fantastic play. The time flew by. Wonderful script so absorbing, and such a fantastic slice of history brilliantly dramatised.

• Patsypickle

  Jul 22, 2018

  I bought tickets for this because I thought my husband would love it, as it’s not really my sort of thing but we both loved it - it was riveting and the cast were excellent - I highly recommend this play

• Anne L-L

  Jul 22, 2018

  Gripping theatre even though we all new the outcome. Learnt some additional theatre as well. Lead actors were excellent

• Cristina

  Jul 14, 2018

  I enjoyed the fun part of the play the performance of the actors and the profound and real true story. Thanks

• Margaret

  Jul 14, 2018

  Absolutely riveting: a wonderful cast.

• Stewart Ennew

  Jul 11, 2018

  Lovely intimate venue in which to enjoy a well crafted well acted drama with just the right injection of humour

• D.G.

  Jul 9, 2018

  Good drama, well acted!

• MD Murphy

  Jul 7, 2018

  Success is in the planning and in the detail and that is what we learned from Pressure. You think you know the story of D-Day but clearly there is more to know. The story of James Stagg is told with humour and pathos and is clearly a passion project for David Haig. Well done!

• Kashya Hildebrand

  Jul 5, 2018

  Wonderful acting, riveting performance, very informative from a historical perspective with a wonderful pulse and pace. Really enjoyed this and would highly recommend it.

• p h

  Jun 30, 2018

  fantastic, cast and content.

• Ralph Marshall

  Jun 30, 2018

  Witty script Fact based drama on D Day landings A must see

• Moll

  Jun 28, 2018

  Really interesting making a very enjoyable evening very well acted

• Anne Oberon

  Jun 25, 2018

  You don't have to be a scientist to appreciate this gripping sequence of events with so much at stake.

• Allen

  Jun 22, 2018

  David Haig provides a fascinating insight into the importance of predicting the weather before launching the DDay landings. What could be dry and over detailed narrative is brought to life by a humorous and sympathetic script. The acting is excellent with Haig heading a polished cast as the dour Scottish boffin. Thoroughly entertaining stuff!

• Peter Brent

  Jun 22, 2018

  An enjoyable experience with good acting and well told story which kept me involved and amused.