The Guardian
‘Duke’s handling of this material is beautifully assured. His writing is fast, inventive and smart; the interleaving of movement, text and music (mostly a selection of pop classics) is expertly paced.’
The Independent
Comic awkwardness tipping into vulnerable emotion is a hallmark of Ben Duke’s work. ****
The Independent
“The comedy is divine, but the images of love and loss are achingly human.” *****
The Observer
“As everything begins to go terribly, cosmically wrong, we realise that while the fictional Duke has been playing the fool, the real Duke has executed a deft conjuring trick, presenting us in words and movement of increasing darkness with the essence of Milton’s poem.”
The Guardian
“This is so flawed, funny and oddly noble a portrait of God, that the most hard-hearted atheist may find him hard to resist.” ****