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Cahoots Theatre Company in association with Park Theatre presents the World Premiere
An Audience With Jimmy Savile
"Responsibly shocking, well researched, patently honourable... the excellent Alastair McGowan"
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Independent
[Full review here]
"a play of major importance... will shake you to the core..."
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stage Reviews
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"Brilliantly told... sensitively put together."
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ West End Wilma
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"McGowan is an absolute knockout... a powerful piece of theatre."
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Public Reviews
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"A striking, memorable, urgent piece of work... a powerful 'J'accuse' "
★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mail
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"Unnerving... McGowan is simply extraordinary."
★ ★ ★ ★ The Times
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“Alistair McGowan… uncannily and creepily powerful.”
★ ★ ★ ★ Observer
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"as for McGowan I am almost lost for words... he gets everything right, the mannerisms, the intonation, the knowing asides to the audience, the locomotive delivery and the impenetrable egoism"
★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Express
“Sickeningly effective… Brendan O’Hea’s horribly gripping production”
★ ★ ★ ★ Mail on Sunday
"Shocking, shaming... salutary. We'll get no other closure."
★ ★ ★ ★ Theatrecat
[Full review here]
"Alastair McGowan is astonishing... this is a modern horror story."
★ ★ ★ ★ Big Issue
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"this play needs to be seen"
Phil's Petition
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"a brave piece of theatre... Jimmy Savile fooled the nation; now see how."
★ ★ ★ ★ Gay Times
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"McGowan delivers what amounts to one of the most compelling and successful displays of stage acting I have seen. Genuinely terrifying."
Mark Lawson [New Statesman]
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"This is the best docudrama I have seen on stage. This disturbing and fascinating play has become a word of mouth hit."
Spectator
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"As a survivor of child abuse myself, and someone who unfortunately came into contact with JS through the group that hurt me, I would certainly recommend people see the play.... we must talk about it, to keep silent is to aid the abusers, to speak out destroys them."
Carl's Blog [Read the blog here]