![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Chosen for the world stage premiere of the 1922 crime story, The Watermill can be proud of this outstanding production, directed by Sarah Punshon. ‘There is so much to delight in this rollicking fun play including music pastiches, a comical, thrilling chase scene and some striking song and dance routines…’ ‘Tom Roger’s luscious design is highly ingenious…’ ‘This splendid Tommy and Tuppence thriller cleverly adapted by Sarah Punshon and Johann Hari is an inventive funny spoof played at a breath-taking pace by the seven highly talented actor-musicians.’ ‘…a cracking world stage première of The Secret Adversary.’ ![]() ‘Punshon and her inventive designer Tom Rogers produce some dizzyingly brilliant perspective changes on the tiny Watermill stage that are worthy of Robert Lepage.’ ‘They summon the spirit of Agatha Christie faithfully, yet maintain a playful air of drama and improbable jeopardy…’ ‘Sarah Punshon, as director and co-adaptor, gets the atmosphere spot-on, by channelling the story through a meta-theatrical device that observes it as a kind of music hall entertainment, complete with jaunty renditions of songs like Look for the Silver Lining.’ ‘The pair look so peachy-perfect in their dapper costumes, and are so infectiously animated by their escapades…’ ‘…there’s no doubting the polish of the players or the quality and promise of the leads, Garmon Rhys’s Tommy and Emerald O’Hanrahan’s Tuppence.’ ![]()
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