The Southbury Child at Chichester Festival Theatre - this is the verdict of the arts critics of the national press
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Here is our verdict
The Southbury Child - a rare and disappointing misfire at Chichester Festival Theatre - click here for review
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The Times - The Southbury Child review — our thespian prayers answered - click here for review
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The Guardian
The Southbury Child review – a vicar picks an odd hill to die on
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Even-handed to a fault, Stephen Beresford’s new comedy coasts by on sub-Alan Bennett humour and the odd eye-roll at wokeness. But its hero’s stance on balloons beggars belief
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Britishtheatre.com
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The Church Times
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Although this is by no means an easy play, Beresford’s natural humour and humanity lead us gently and pastorally through the big themes. We all need forgiveness and redemption.
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The Daily Telegraph
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stagereview.co.uk
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It will take more than a prayer from Alex Jennings’s flawed cleric to redeem this disappointing and joyless production.