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The Happiest Day of My Life, photo: Trish Morrissey The Happiest Day of My Life, photo: Uri Omi The Happiest Day of My Life, photo: Eleni Leoussi

The Happiest Day of My Life
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"I don't believe I have ever seena more dazzling
use of the stage. I'll have to go back just to please my eyes a second time."
The Daily Telegraph
"... a spectacular refinement of (Newson's)
technique of archaeological investigation laced with pyscho-therapeautic observation. The second act is a tour de force. There is much, much more. See for yourself what great dance can be."
London Evening Standard
"... wonderful to look at ... hugely funny ...
cruelly intelligent"
The Sunday Telegraph
"It hits hard and delves deep while also presenting some of the most affecting and heart-lifting images I've seen in a long while .... the closing 10 minutes are the most daringly subdued of any dance work I can remember ..."
The Independent on Sunday
"... an excellently performed, imaginatively conceived work of deep appeal ... engaging, amusing art of the very highest order."
What's On
"... committed performances and one of the most visually arresting designs you'll ever see."
The List (Glasgow and Edinburgh)
"Bold, brash and rude - but extremely funny
... it's all done in the worst possible taste and best possible humour."
Yorkshire Evening Post
"Sell your watch, overdraw your account,
cancel your appointments - do anything not to miss this guest performance ... the most smart-sensual piece on relationships to be seen on stage for a long time."
tz München
"Few are as able as Lloyd Newson to put a finger on the trivia and taboos of our lives and, without moralising, to turn them into urgently important, physically charged, humorous and poetic pieces of art which not only kills our stereotypical conceptions but also questions the performing arts, and dance in particular."
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm)
"Newson's production will be an event of the world theatre season this year."
Mladá fronta dnes (Prague) [preview]
"A physical display of the highest class, tremendously funny and heart-rendingly beautiful."
Aarhus Stiftstidende
R   E   V   I   E   W   S
The Daily Telegraph
...... How to Make A Bigger Splash
Ismene Brown | 9th Sept 1999 | preview
The Observer ...... Jann Parry | 12th Sept 1999
The Independent ...... John Percival | 13th Sept 1999
The Times ...... Donald Hutera | 13th Sept 1999
The Daily Telegraph ...... Magic, Tenderness and The Adrenalin Thrill of Seeing The Impossible on Stage ...... Ismene Brown | 14th Sept 1999
London Evening Standard
...... Love Some Liquid Refreshment
Anne Sacks | 17th Sept 1999
Metro London ...... Sarah Frater | 17th Sept 1999
The Guardian ...... Keith Watson | 18th Sept 1999
The Sunday Telegraph
...... Louise Levine | 19th Sept 1999
The Sunday Times ...... David Dougill | 19th Sept 1999
The Independent On Sunday
...... From Eve To Deluge, Via The Suburbs
Jenny Gilbert | 26th Sept 1999
Manchester Evening News
...... Alan Hulme | 30th Sept 1999
Glasgow Herald ...... Mary Brennan | 13th Nov 1999
Edinburgh Evening News
...... Gabe Stewart | 15th Nov 1999
The Scotsman ...... Don Morris | 15th Nov 1999


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