Shraddha | Various Press

The Evening Standard

“In Lisa Goldman’s production there are scenes of tenderness and of violent fury. Yet while Shraddha is linguistically interesting, beneath the distinctive language is a straightforward story of forbidden love and its trials, not dissimilar to Romeo and Juliet... Shraddha has energy and some moments of real poetry, and, although at times soft where it might more credibly be bleak, it feels faithfully contemporary.”

Henry Hitchings, 05 November 2009

The Times

“There were several moments when I thought Langridge trusted her vocabulary too much, her fine young actors too little. Yet there were other times when her language took off... And by the end Langridge has communicated her fascination with a tiny, embattled world whose people feel they are hated “for being free”. That’s her play’s weakness, because it brings with it a certain cultural obsequiousness. It’s also its strength.”

Benedict Nightingale, 05 November 2009

The Financial Times

“There is something fundamentally ambivalent about Natasha Langridge’s play. On its uppermost narrative level, the idea of a love story between members of two opposing groups has been a classic since ancient times. However, the Northern Irishman in me sees something hackneyed in “love across the barricades” plays... especially when a physical barrier divides the stage for much of the 80 minutes of Lisa Goldman’s production.”

Ian Shuttleworth, 09 November 2009