Four Stars in The Times - and many other great reviews!

The Lesson closes this weekend.  Last chance to see it before we go on tour!

While in London, we've received:

4 Stars in The Times
4 Stars in Ham & High
4 Stars in BritishTheatre.com
Rave reviews in The Stage, Extra! Extra!, and many others
4 Stars OR BETTER in 8 out of 10 reviews

"It is impossible not to enjoy Icarus Theatre Collective's production of Ionesco's one-act play".
"striking".
"Perfectly cast".
"Disturbing".
-, The Stage

"Ionesco's strange parable of sex'n'violence".
"This remains a timely and fascinating play".
-Jeremy Kingston, The Times

"Full marks school of Absurd".
"Directed so specifically that the beast of chaos that charges through Ionesco's work like his own rhinoceros is safely routed through the play".
"Lewendel's Icarus Theatre Collective is a strong team".
"The design, brilliantly conceived to reflect the galloping chaos".
-Rebecca Banks, Ham & High

"The Icarus Theatre collective's production of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece is brilliant. A fast-paced, sixty-five minute screaming journey from a bare classroom into utter chaos".
"A delight to watch".
"Inspired"
"The staging perfectly compliments the solid performances".
"Brilliant".
"chilling".
"The company... perfectly captures the meaningless nature of words".
"impressive"
"it is not the characters that have learnt from this lesson, but the audience themselves".
-Kevin Hurst, Extra! Extra!

"Excellent leads, well directed sound and a clever set".
"You cannot fail to be entertained - not to mention baffled and left a tad pensive".

-Alan Francois, BritishTheatre.com

"Dominating."
"haunting ".
"Dark, disturbing and ultimately brutal".
"A daring production by an energetic new company, the London-based Icarus Theatre Collective, it pulls no punches in its visceral pursuit of pure absurdism".
-Daniel Lombard, South Wales Argus

"The performances are superb".
"chilling".
-Peter Lathan, British Theatre Guide

"Utterly sumptuous".
"Raising the bar".
"Superb performances in a brilliant production of a hilarious play. See it".
-Dominic Allen, edfringe.com

"Amazing".
"If you're in the mood for something different and gripping, terrifying and hilarious, have a look at this!".
-Amanda Raddick, edfringe.com

"One of the most stunning productions I have seen in a long time."
"Can't recommend this show enough. Go see it.".
-Mark Stevenson, edfringe.com

"This play is fantastically translated and played by professional actors."
"Excellent".
-vince, edfringe.com

"The acting was superb and the subject matter thought-provoking".
"Unnecessarily pervy".
-Fiona Dunlop, edfringe.com

"Unforgiving deconstruction of a young mind".
-dewi, edfringe.com

"Marvellous".
-Simon, edfringe.com

"Ambitious".
"Horrific".
-Timothy Ramsden, Reviews Gate

"John Eastman also put up a gripping portrayal of the insane teacher".
"I highly recommend seeing this".
-James Spence, The Lion

"A superb show."
"[The] production was first rate".
-David Sumner, Swallow Theatre

The Lesson
by Eugène Ionesco
translation by Donald Watson

"A daring production by an energetic new company, it pulls no punches in its visceral pursuit of pure absurdism".

After our successful tour and trip to Edinburgh, The Old Red Lion Theatre, proudly hosts this striking and brutal re-invention of The Lesson for three weeks.

Dates: 11 - 29 September 2007
Time: Tues - Sat at 7.30pm.
Location: Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John's Street, London, EC1V 4NJ
Tickets: £9 - £12

Book tickets at http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/ .

.or by calling 020 7837 7816.

Check out our reviews so far!
www.icarustheatre.co.uk/lessonshell.html and click "Reviews".

See you soon!

All the best,
Max

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Max Lewendel
Artistic Director