Assassins // Watermill & Nottingham Playhouse 2018
by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
“FLAMBOYANT YET DEVASTATING. A PUNCHY, BRAVE AND DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS PRODUCTION” The Guardian


⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Bill Buckhurst’s production is at once laugh-out-loud funny, deeply thought-provoking and disturbing…this rich revival is perfectly timed” WhatsOnStage
⭑⭑⭑⭑ “This musical’s excavation of an abiding societal fury seems more pertinent than ever today” The Arts Desk
⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Bill Buckhurst’s production has all the necessary vigour and the human seriousness too…it’s a bravura performance” Libby Purves, British Theatre.Com
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Knocks the socks off the original cast recording” The Spy in the Stalls
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ Musical Theatre Review
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ East Midlands Theatre
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ The Morning Star
Creatives:
Designer: Simon Kenny
Musical Supervisor and Arrangements: Catherine Jayes
Movement Director: Georgina Lamb
Lighting Designer: Ben Ormerod
Sound Designer: Chris Full
Photographer: Richard Davenport/The Other Richard