Lisa Holdsworth’s stage adaptation of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile (with Freedom Studios) is touring across Yorkshire in June. It has received a series of extraordinary reviews in the press this week. These are just a few…
“Vibrant and unsentimental, a shining example of site-specific work” ★★★★ The Observer
“A celebration of fierce, resilient women ” ★★★★ The Guardian
“Poignant and resonant… a relevant and emotive caution against the one-size-fits-all approach of the privileged theatre industry” ★★★★ The Stage
“The real deal” ★★★★ The Times
“A funny, desperately sad tale of a young woman whose blazing talent made her a once-in-a-generation dramatist” ★★★★ Mail on Sunday
“Compelling and totally believable… it honours Dunbar’s legacy in a manner of which she surely would have approved” ★★★★ Yorkshire Post
“Powerful and convincing” ★★★★ The Reviews Hub
“A deeply human celebration of a young, female, regional, working-class voice who was important not in spite of, but because of, the life she led and the place she came from” ★★★★ Broadway World
“This brutally honest and beautifully written work, performed by a cast who really get it, would have had Andrea raising a glass to them in The Beacon” ★★★★ North West End
Lively, engaging and packs one hell of a punch” British Theatre Guide
“A really impressive feat of acting and staging” The Culture Vulture
“The truth does hurt, but thank goodness Dunbar chose to tell it” The Independent
