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“Patience, a ruefully funny, dark comedy by the Canadian dramatist Jason Sherman… The play’s structural intricacies are skilfully handled in Adam Barnard’s engaging production”
Paul Taylor, The Independent
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“Is there a pattern to our existence? Or are we all victims of the randomness of things? That is the question behind Jason Sherman’s Patience. And, although it’s a query Frayn and Stoppard have addressed, what gives this wry tragic-comedy added piquancy is that it hails from Canada: relatively unfamiliar theatrical territory in which only the Finborough shows a persistent interest … perverse theatrical gaiety … He plays ingenious tricks with time … a light comic touch… deft performances … intelligent sensuality … Patience shows that Canadian dramatists are as obsessed as our own with the mystery of things”
Michael Billington, The Guardian
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“But [Sherman] is more ambitious than either[David Mamet and Brad Fraser], since Reuben’s search is for what you, I and Monty Python would call the Meaning of Life. That’s refreshing in itself, and speaks well for Activated Image, the enterprising and able company that is introducing Sherman to London.”
Benedict Nightingale, The Times
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“It's refreshing to see such an intellectually ambitious piece of writing on the fringe, grappling with life's big questions. Adam Barnard's compact production copes adroitly with Sherman's televisually rapid shifts of time and place, as well as its passages of theory and revelation.”
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
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“Barnard’s confident, well-paced direction ensures a witty, engrossing debate”
Colin Shearman, The Stage
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“Sherman’s stagecraft is confident and imaginative, and he bravely wrestles with the intriguing idea that you can find a moment when your life started to go wrong”
Aleks Sierz, The Tribune
Click here to read the full review “Reuben meets a rabbi (Russell Bentley) while on a nocturnal stroll …This scene is worth the price of admission alone. On the telephone to God, imitating Fagin from the musical Oliver and indulging in the uniquely caustic brand of New York Jewish humour, Russell Bentley delivers a real tour-de-force.”
Glen Baker, The Morning Star
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“It makes brilliant use of a simple but ingenious setting by Vicki Fifield”
John Thaxter, What's On
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“Activated Image's production is sharp and accomplished, allowing the audience room to think amid the chaos … Patience is the kind of play that forces audience members to reflect on their own lives, falling apart or otherwise, and in fact this kind of theatre is itself an implicit rebuke to Reuben's moral cowardice, making for a tense and deeply engaging experience.”
Dolan Cummings , Culture Wars
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“Sherman has the ability… to imbue his filmically swift scenes with a texture rich enough for theatre. And he gives a fine sense of a familiar world grown suddenly eerie…”
Timothy Ramsden, Reviewsgate
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“Activated Image's intelligent and lucid production at the Finborough ... It's a tremendously confident, good-looking and sophisticated production”
CJ Sheridan, RoguesAndVagabonds.co.uk
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“There are many nice touches and funny moments, courtesy of the playwright and young director Adam Barnard.”
Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide
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“This is a stunning play incorporating some fascinating ideas ... the time passes like a shot from a gun.”
Julia Hickman, TheatreWorld Internet Magazine
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