'Sean Holmes' new production has a robust theatricality...James Hayes' excellent Caesar suitably dominates the action...Hayes, shooting voracious sidelong glances at the mention of another crown, conveys imperial vanity...John Light's Brutus is decent, clear and forthright'
Guardian
'Ariyon Bakare's Antony is splendidly articulate on the rostrum...James Hayes [as] Caesar catches the conflict between arrogance and unease, power and paranoia, inside this superstitious, self-regarding man's soul'
Times
'Genuinely gripping...Holmes' punchy direction...John Light as Brutus...his humanity and distracted grief prove deeply moving...Finbar Lynch makes a memorable Cassius, nervy and chippy, with exactly the right lean and hungry look and need for Brutus's approval...James Hayes poignantly and comically captures the human vulnerability that lurks behind Caesar's omnipotent image...Portia, played with a lovely fervour by newcomer Mariah Gayle'
Daily Telegraph
