Reviews and Interviews

"Absolutely superb performances by Nicholas Collett and Tim Marriott"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"The King and the Fool are destined to join Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Vladimir and Estragon, as a memorable pairing of theatrical characters"

- Broadway World

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

LouReviews praises the audio version's "textual motifs from Hamlet, Waiting for Godot and the Carry On Series"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

Strat Mastoris at Fringe Review praises "universal themes like the nature of power and privilege, of hierarchy and of how states are governed, not to mention existence itself"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

"Marriott and Collett shine and captivate you as these iconic characters," says Donald Stewart

"a small side-sneer at the self-importance of actors..."

PETE GALLAGHER, Director of the House of Gulliver and judge of the 2018 Kenneth Branagh New Drama Writing Award at the Windsor Fringe

"This intrigued me greatly as it is clearly borne of a love for the source material and perhaps an equal love of Stoppard-esque wordsmiths! A cleverly constructed and witty take on quite a well-worn premise – that of the purgatory waiting room – it serves not only to highlight the foolishness of privilege by using the ultimate status pair of the King and the Fool, but also cocks a small side-sneer at the self-importance of actors by highlighting the disappearance of reputation as is so often seen with a decline in popularity in this media-driven age. The quest for immortality is still alive…and just as pointless as ever…unless what you are leaving behind is truly positive and beneficial to mankind.

The cruel exposing of the frailty of the once mighty King alongside the undoubted wisdom of the ever-ridiculed Fool only serves to reinforce what we secretly know; that we can learn so much from the mouths of the innocent as they have no space for neuroses and psychobabble. Having said that, as the Fool’s argument becomes more logical and its structure takes shape as the play progresses, we realise that anything that is built on a basis of wisdom is probably worth exploring, and ultimately knowing when to let go is a valuable virtue. Knowing you are on solid ground in an argument is often enough for the wise and trying to move the unmovable can be a thankless task."

Reviews and Interviews

"Absolutely superb performances by Nicholas Collett and Tim Marriott"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"Amusing, profound and clever - a really enjoyable mix of Beckett’s absurdist style with Hamlet"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

"A delight for the ears... a comedy that glows from within"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

"A real homage to Shakespeare’s writing... manages to give Hamlet a whole new dimension"

Meet the whamlets

Two characters waiting to go on stage for the biggest roles of their lives, or deaths..."

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"a small side-sneer at the self-importance of actors..."