The Southbury Child (NHB Modern Plays)

'Hugely cathartic, this is the play of the year so far... blissfully funny and ineffably touching... a heaven-sent new play'

* Telegraph *

'A rare and heartfelt portrait of post-Christian Britain'

* The Times *

'Electrifying, bristling with wit and ideas... Can almost be considered as a companion piece to Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, exploring some of the same themes in a similar setting, a clash of local cultures embedded within a fracturing national culture'

* Broadway World *

'Beautifully crafted... Beresford has captured a moment of change in our time... It's a cracking state of the nation piece'

* WhatsOnStage *

'A fine new play to soothe the soul and mend the heart... Beresford plumbs the deepest human feelings [with] a scene of savage beauty I'll never forget'

* Mail on Sunday *

'An impressive state-of-the-nation play... Chekhovian in intensity... deeply moving, with some fabulously funny lines, while a succession of twists ensures the drama never drops'

* The Stage *

'Painfully funny.... properly laugh-out-loud character comedy that gets near the knuckle and stays there... the best West Country drama I've seen since Jerusalem'

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