Press Coverage

SMITH, 2008 @ British Museum

Clever, imaginative stuff...If only for six nights, alas, SMITH breathes new life into the treasures of the British Museum. Folk sitting on the floor of the Enlightenment Gallery, listening to the earliest stories of mankind: the very essence of theatre, surely, and of this great temple of knowledge.
WHATS ON STAGE, 2009

"Smith is a good yarn, and the promise shines through, particularly in the exploration of our personal connection to history. There is a cracking young cast, too, who swap roles to excellent effect...it is also a potent reminder that human stories lurk behind the inert artefacts preserved in glass cases."
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 2009

"For an altogether more inspiriting kind of experience, you should hasten to the British Museum...SMITH could hardly do more to inspire you to pay a return visit to the
museum's collections by day."
Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph, 2009

"When the work is interactive, it takes off...Victorian morality, the conflict between science and religion, the erosion of class and gender divisions – are woven through Honess-Martin’s narrative...the cast, who apart from Louise Callaghan as Dawn all double as present-day characters and their 19th century counterparts, are sparky, and the live choral music is ravishing."
Sam Marlowe, The Times, 2009

Antigone, 2005

What impressive, echoing resonance this setting lends to the drama... A triumph on every level.
Evening Standard, 2005

Driven by the passion of youthful certainty…There is something very right about seeing this play - pitting the rights of the individual against the concerns of the state - in a space that has witnessed so many debates, heard the stories of those whose lives were snuffed out.
The Guardian, 2005