Thread
Our 4 star production at The Hope Theatre in Novemeber 2019
“The shocking dynamics of family deceit are speedily and cleverly exposed. Freya Alderson is clearly a brave writer…a valiant undertaking. A multileveled exercise in uncomfortable storytelling.” The Review Chap ****
“A triumph. A powerful and quite devastating play that at times takes your breath away. Poignant, brutal…by talented writer Alderson.” Close Up Culture Magazine ****
‘… thoughtful, balanced take on the complexities of accusation, proof and the taking of sides in the age of MeToo" London Pub Theatre ***
IthankyouTheatre: The ties that bind… Thread, The Hope Theatre
Thread – Theatre Review – Close-Up Culture (closeupculture.com)
Thread by Freya Alderson at the Hope Theatre | Review (londontheatre1.com)
‘The piece pulled me in’: THREAD – Hope Theatre ★★★★ | My Theatre Mates
Review: Thread, at Hope Theatre | Westminster Extra
Baby Mine at The Camden Fringe Festival as a work in progress reading
August 2019
“(the) final decision right before the blackout, hit the audience like a
powerful wave, and I even shed a tear. Baby Mine Is a good show, but
what’s more important is that it truly has the potential to be
outstanding.” FringeReview.com
“Baby Mine is a quiet show with stewing, building suspense. A bona fide
thriller... ” Broadway World
“Beautifully nuanced and complex writing about sex, love, power and
obsession.” Simon Nelson, BBC Writers Room
Review: BABY MINE, Etcetera Theatre (broadwayworld.com)
Perfect Pitch
June 2019
"The set design of Erini Kariori is quite masterful. The use of umbrellas is brilliant."
"I liked Christina Balmer's Yvonne. She found an honesty, acerbity and humour that was very fetching."
Richard Brain, London Pub Theatres.
"This smashing production of John Godber's comedy about what can happen when posh meets vulgar"
"The cast are brilliant, especially Paisley as the appalling Grant, and Peto who manages to portray Stef as a slightly sympathetic character. And it's full marks to Hazel Collinson the director, whose tight control pulled the whole thing together."
Penny Flood, ChiswickW4.com
Relatively Speaking
June 16 2017
West London community news site, Chiswickbuzz.net came along to rehearsals of The XV's production of Relatively Speaking to talk to the director, Adam Leese, and his cast.
Click the Link below to view the interview.
Cast Aside
2015
" Tim Wallers' second play 'Cast Aside' is dramatic, dangerously meta-textual and fruitfully funny. Although this was a rehearsed reading with scripts on stage, this play will most definitely become a hit. Only twenty-four hours to familiarise themselves with the punchy script, and the seven actors of 'Cast Aside' still made the evening a near-perfect success.They were all, thankfully, very well cast indeed."
Sophie Swithinbank - Chiswick W4.com