REVIEWS AND PRESS

PILRGIMS

Orange Tree Theatre, August 2019

"Goodall directs clearly and discreetly, allowing the play's fragmented structure to swirl around the audience" (Richard Maguire, the Reviews Hub)

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"...This is a good showing from Goodall, and she successfully transports the audience to mountains and to shores...This is an astute and well-paced production." (Richard Maguire, the Reviews Hub)

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"Ellie Goodall's production is fluid and sensitive, negotiating temporal and location shifts with elegant economy (plus some lovely a capella singing by the cast), and giving the production a mystical undertone." (Alex Ramon, Boycotting Trends)

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"Ellie Goodall has realised this play beautifully, the pace and pitch are just right." (Sally Knipe, LondonTheatre1)

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'LET'S KILL PROSPERO!' PRIMARY STUDENTS FALL UNDER SHAKESPEARE'S SPELL

5th July, 2019

Sleepovers, bossy monarchs and a desert-island McDonald’s … The Orange Tree theatre introduces kids to The Tempest with a hands-on creative extravaganza.

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By Chris Wiegand

JANE EYRE

2021

**** "The four-strong cast create an innately theatrical event which wisely eschews any semblance of naturalism and showcases skills of puppetry, physical theatre and multi-rolling to create the textured landscape of this revered classic.... A worthy and spirited interpretation..." (Rebecca Vines, Broadway Baby)

"This engaging, modest production has little to be modest about. An emerging spiky protagonist is allowed to breathe-in Bronte's energy and passion..."(John Kennedy, Reviews Hub)

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**** "Director Ellie Goodall's staging is genuinely excellent. Based on a minimalist set...the small cast conjure up a continual flow of settings with ease, transporting you from Thornfield, to Gateshead, to Paris in a blink of an eye." (E.J.O. Cruxton, Second Thoughts and Scotch)

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