NOMINATED AS TMA BEST NEW PLAY 2001
FIVE BEST PRODUCTIONS NATIONWIDE - TIMES
GUARDIAN - PICK OF THE WEEK
 

A great new play...totally gripping...searing...one scene of
quite shattering impact proves he is a real dramatist...has an O'Neill-like emotional force...I came out of the Lyceum exhilarated by Betts' heightened realism.
MICHAEL BILLINGTON, THE GUARDIAN
 

...refreshingly bleak...a tour de force of gallows humour that runs  the whole gamut of emotional warfare...
THE TIMES
 

...this fine tragi-comedy...like the best work of Edward Albee...a startlingly rich evening's theatre...beautifully articulated...
THE SCOTSMAN
 

...a fierce indictment of a smug, emotionally illiterate middle class that doesn't understand the destruction it wreaks on its young...has a shocking power... the production is first rate...
JOHN PETER, THE SUNDAY TIMES
 

...a heart-rending tragedy...unflinchingly mature...the promising Betts is not afraid of jumping in at the deep end...
THE STAGE
 

...one of Britain's most promising young playwrights...
SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL
 

...joy turns to pain in a tour de force...thrilling, poignant and hilarious...Betts' tragedy leaves the whole audience stunned into silence...
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
 

Torben Betts is a name to remember...a master of dialogue, of the silences...a complex writer of misery pock-marked with painful comedy...
YORKSHIRE EVENING PRESS
 

Torben Betts's impressive work...superbly observed...an expertly-judged production by Muriel Romanes...a worthy choice for the Lyceum programme, and there is no shortage of maturity in its execution.
THE SUNDAY HERALD
 

...a fine and thought-provoking work...has lived in my head for days...
YORKSHIRE POST