“Ayckbourn has built another small masterpiece. The characters are convincing, their dialogue terse and neat, and when they are all together on stage, you cannot ignore any one of them.” - The Listener

“It is Mr. Ayckbourn's finest play, and if it is the saddest and most moving thing that he has written, it is also the most clear-sighted and the funniest. It makes greater demands on the emotional maturity and perceptiveness of its audience than any of Mr. Ayckbourn's previous work.” – Sunday Times

"The play is deceptively straightforward. It is also consistently and cruelly funny….. The play amounts to an undeniably gritty and purgative theatrical experience, a comedy of quality that is far superior to the general run of recent West End fare." - Financial Times