More praise for Zoë's 'stunning performance' as Stevie Smith

7 May 2014 22:27

In the past couple of days, more excellent reviews have been published about Stevie, with The Times declaring that Zoë gives 'a stunning performance' in the title role.  Highlights are below.

'It gets richer, funnier and more emotional the longer it continues [...] So this warm, inspiring revival is a quiet triumph.'
- Dominic Maxwell, The Times

'Its trump card is a humdinger of a performance by Zoë Wanamaker in the title role'
- Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard

'Though poetry is usually a private relationship between the poet and the page and then the page and the reader, the public performance of some of it in this recreation of her own living room has a spellbinding intensity thanks to the glorious performance of Zoe Wanamaker in the title role.'
- Mark Shenton, The Stage

'[T]he evening belongs to Zoe Wanamaker as shambling, rambling, ciggy-puffing Stevie.

The play is virtually a monologue by Wanamaker with interruptions - and she never falters.  She, too, has the measure of StevieÂ’s child-like verse.'
- James George, Portsmouth News

'Wanamaker's performance was amazing; intense and funny, angry and vulnerable, the character, pig headed, funny and eccentric.'
- Ged Babey, Louder Than War

You can read highlights of other reviews of Stevie here, here and here.

In addition, new production photos, taken by Roy Tan, have been published by WestEndTheatre.com.

Tickets to Stevie, which runs until 24 May at Chichester's Minerva Theatre, are available now.

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