Press and Reviews
My Lover was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse
"The way this show traverses different forms and keeps you absorbed is a masterclass of gig theatre [...]
Pitch-perfect gig theatre for our time"
- Everything Theatre
"Bradán theatre company is onto something significant with their intimate, confessional style of presentation"
- The Spy in the Stalls
"Musically the three are outstanding. Peregrin's voice is sublime and Flett seems to be able to play all of the instruments ever [...] worth watching for the music alone"
- Lost in Theatreland
"Informative, energetic, divinely absurd [...] the music is sublime throughout"
- Fringebiscuit
"A ridiculously talented team of musicians take you on a warm but all too real scary story of the climate crisis. The best gig theatre I've seen - 100% recommend"
- Rosie Bowden
"A show with brilliant music and a massive heart"
- Middle Child gig theatre company
"Bradán theatre has produced my favourite show of the Fringe. So funny and clever and well-written and wonderfully surreal. I loved everything about it."
- Audience testimony
"Absolutely bloody brilliant. A wonderful mix of magic realism and (horrifyingly?) recognisable overwhelming climate anxiety. Absolutely not to be missed."
- Audience testimony
"Some of the most exciting gig theatre we have seen in a while - hilarious and also powerful, will be thinking about that closing monologue for days"
- Audience testimony
"Bizarre and amazing stuff. Eco-political theatre at its best"
- Audience testimony
My Lover was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse
Staging Change x VAULT award winner
The Staging Change x VAULT award is awarded to a piece of work that demonstrates exemplary awareness & consideration of its environmental impact, and celebrates work being made in a way that is environmentally conscious and rooted in the climate crisis.
As part of the award, we will receive bespoke consultation from Staging Change, as well as in-kind press, marketing, and artistic support from VAULT Festival.
Staging Change is a grassroots artist-led organisation, which supports theatre makers responding to the climate crisis.
https://www.stagingchange.com/about-us
Whalesong at the Greenhouse Theatre (presented by Patch Plays)
"Patch Plays has provided a magical, atmospheric and incredibly insightful evening. It leaves you feeling everything, from joy to discomposure and gives you an insight into the taboo topic of meat and the environment."
- London Theatre Reviews
Show Me Your Wallets (work-in-progress)
at Smock Allies Scene + Heard, Dublin, 2020
“The experience of sitting down and being part of the play, it was done so beautifully, you were part of the play, you had to be.
And that ending - there’s meditation, but there’s an intense sense of grief for the planet, there’s hope, there’s all these emotions that you as an audience are feeling, it’s incredible.”
- Pranav Darshan, Love & Citizenship Podcast, Episode#3
(Timestamp 12:30-13:30)
Rajesh and Naresh
The Stage - ★★★★
"funny and charmingly performed with some big, heart-swelling emotional moments, including a tender coming-out scene"
"a heart-on-its-sleeve love story"
Voice Mag - ★★★★★
"Rajesh and Naresh is a must-watch show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe that entertains and tugs at the heartstrings"
"Vasantha and Ramana both move between moments of vulnerability, to confidence and humorous playfulness, all while retaining the interest and investment of the viewer [...] worthy of praise throughout."
https://www.voicemag.uk/index.php/review/9642/rajesh-and-naresh
The Student (Edinburgh)
"Vasantha is brilliant throughout. His comic timing is impeccable"
"the human element of the play is truly well crafted, and the heartfelt ending genuinely leaves you feeling happy and satisfied at how it all pans out"
"a wonderful little play [...] if you get the chance to see this show in person, do."
https://studentnewspaper.org/article/rajesh-and-naresh-review
Lobster Emoji (short play)
as part of The Emoji Project at Camden Fringe Festival
"a powerful statement about identity and how representation is controlled by elite groups of coders"
- Reviews Hub
"has something urgent, profound and timely to say"
- LouReviews
Mercury at The New Theatre, Dublin, 2016
"There is a nice touch of magic in the air in this production"
- No More Workhorse
Fireplay at The New Theatre, Dublin, 2015
"The makings of a repressed masculine reality"
"Amidst the playful fraternal dialogue there are leaps into poetry [...] there are lines wherein Luke declares his brotherly love, beautifully measured by Gleeson, where a golden connection with the audience is truly felt."
- Musings in Intermissions