Reviews:
THE SCOTSMAN ...excellent production...brilliant MacBeth...Sara O’Sullivan
(*****Edinburgh fringe 5 Star review)
Yorkshire Post...striking MacBeth...fastest sword in Scotland...
sexual chemistry as lethal as semtex...Gary Finn
FORRES GAZETTE...Marc Danbury (as Macbeth)...impressive...tortured...guilt ridden...greed and treachery believable and horrific...conviction and verb that gripped...terrific performance...Mike Kelly
THE SCOTSMAN ...admirably versatile and energetic...completely successful in
realising the tragic shadows of his part (Ariel)...Colin Donald
King Lear Act V 1995 – Edmund
VENUE MAGAZINE...blacker than black villain...Marc Danbury’s spectacular scheming psychopath, Edmund...Martin Williams
THE BATH CHRONICLE...Marc Danbury’s embittered Edmund...outstanding baddie...
...bombast and virulence...Toby Morse
THE STAGE ...Marc Danbury...formidably virile and brutal performance as the
bastard Edmund...Jeremy Brien
DAILY MAIL ... Marc Danbury...dangerously macho...the company do the piece proud...
Kate Basset
THE STAGE ...Marc Danbury excels as the charismatic tour guide...achingly funny...talent to watch out for...Nick Awde
TIME OUT ...The highest tribute comes from the actors...Marc Danbury combines boorishness and pathos as the guide...certainly an enjoyable tour de character
Patrick Marmton
THE INDEPENDENT (Voted Top Five Pick of the week)...The cast delivers the material in a comfortable downbeat style allowing the laughs to come naturally....could teach their high-profile elders a thing or two about comedy acting...adventurous and exciting theatre for a new generation... Toby O’Connor Morse
THE INDEPENDENT,
‘Powerfully performed, in Catriona McLaughlin's absorbing and atmospheric
production, by the same set of actors, the dramas are like distorted images of each other, as they juggle with issues such as responsibility and redemption and the relationship between illegitimate individual acts of murder and publicly sanctioned mass killing. The result is a piquant mix of witty Gothic ghoulishness and serious moral questioning.’ ***Three Stars …Paul Taylor, 13 January 2004
Click the above image for larger picture of Lullabies of Broadmoor
THE GUARDIAN
The two plays concern true events that took place in Broadmoor prison around the turn of the century. Superbly directed by Caitriona McLaughlin and ‘...skillfully
performed... by the cast of five’
…Lyn Gardner, 12 January
BRISTOL'S: VENUE MAGAZINE (Prevew to Bath Fest 2006)
‘Marc Danbury turns in a top notch performance as the murderous Thane.’
BRISTOL EVENING POST
As Macbeth himself, Marc Danbury takes on the role of the uncertain pretender with a leather - trousered muscularity rarely seen in more conventional productions.
With a mind “full of scorpions” but a conscience which becomes a pest,
Macbeth’s torments are played close up and very personal by Danbury.
Tom Henry
Rating: 5 Star - April 2005
VENUE MAGAZINE, JANUARY, VENUE MAGAZINE'S YEARLY REVIEW 2006
… the best Shakespeare of 2005, was a stripped - bare Macbeth at the Alma, courtesy of Act V. A fast, lusty rip - roarer with a cast of four and no scene changes, thrusting the play’s envy, black magic and machismo centre stage.’ Steve Wright
VENUE MAGAZINE
Marc Danbury was a splendid hero: huge and handsome, with and expressive face on which the Thane’s every triumph and setbacks were clearly etched a visceral joy to watch.
April 2005
BATH CHRONICLE
Danbury… immensely plausible while invoking our terror and pity in the title role. The Bath Shakespeare festival crams an infinite variety into its two weeks. This year it may have saved the best till last with a remarkable production that is simply, well, wicked.
March 2006