Audience Comments

PILOT THEATRE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YORK THEATRE ROYAL AND UNICORN THEATRE PRESENTS

Looking for JJ

Thursday 28 February - Saturday 1 March 08
"We had a wonderful experience at Lakeside Arts centre when we saw Looking for JJ. Some students had not been to a theatre before and some had only seen pantomime. We had some lovely discussions and questions."

"It was good how they used the bed and the chairs to be different things and different places 'specially when the bed was that tunnel."

"The play ended slightly differently to the book and this set them off thinking that what they had seen and read was only a part of JJ’s  life. They discussed what else might happen to her and wondered about writing a sequel."

"From being a very quiet group they have developed into a lively bunch, eager to talk and give their opinions. They are eager to repeat the experience."

 

Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper

Thursday 2 April

"I attended the concert given by Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper last night in Nottingham and would be grateful if you could pass on my appreciation to them both.

I have not had such a completely enthralling musical experience for many years. - David Lally"

 

NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY AND DERBY LIVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE THEATRE WRITING PARTNERSHIP PRESENTS

WASTELAND

Friday 22 May 8pm
"We thought it was great."
Josephine Doherty

"Brilliant. The cast played it so well. Very happy I came to see it. Well done to all 3."
Anon

"Excellently written. Excellently performed. I could smell Newark."
Anon

"Fantastic performance by all three of cast. A powerful and gripping watch. Very emotional, yet amusing too. Well done all."
Sarah Muniffe

 

TESTIMONIES BY AUDIENCE MEMBERS

“The Lakeside Arts Centre is a wonderful venue and is always very welcoming. It has a very intimate feel to it and you have always tried to present a wide and varied range of artists and work.  Keep it up.

Lakeside is one of my very favourite venues with, its location, its welcome, its variety, its charm and its sometimes challenging and provocative presentations.”
Jeremy Spry

"Really good, a thoroughly enjoyable experience."
Anon

"Good storyline, gripping, felt part of it with the small theatre. Humourous, yet intense."
Bridgette Jones

"Remarkable. Astonishing command of language. A wonderful play, superbly acted."
Anon

"Heart-rendering, passionate and, tragically, could be so real. Grippingly performed. Thank you. Well done!"
Pamela Hassop

"Superb - the actors and actresses were absolutely fantastic. Agreat show!"
Sarah Boyle

"The most amazing performance I have seen for a long time. This reality was spectacular. To say I enjoyed it is not quite the right expression, a difficult emotion to express. Absolutely fantastic."
Tina Barnes

"Absolutely incredible acting - very real, moving, sadly too often true to life! The story line was realistic and showed how easy it is to take the wrong path but for all the right reasons." 
Sally Shelton

"Very well written, brilliant subject matter. The cast were great, Loved Meghan, although all 3 were fantastic."
Anon

"Fantastic acting. Gripping play, Lots of emotion. Actors fab - especially Joe!"
Anon

"Excellent acting by Joe Doherty, Sophie Ellerby and Karl Haynes. Gripping performance captures the essence of Newark."
Anon

"Fantastic performances by all, especially Joe!"
Anon

"Excellent atmosphere very well acted and well written."
Anon

"Gritty and heart moving. Great to see the colour underneath the black and white surface!"
Darren Mangold

"Wasteland is brilliant. Laura Lomas is a fantastic writer and Sophie Ellerby an amazing actor."
Anon

"Excellent production and actors."
Anon

"Extremely well acted - thought provoking. Very modern. I look forward to seeing future productions."
Rosemary Kelly

"Fantastically, brilliantly, superbly acted! But what writing!"
Jonathan McGuigan