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Awards & Nominations

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A Selection of REVIEWS

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Dead Girls Rising

by Maureen Lennon With Anya Pearson

★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘Silent Uproar promise “glitter-filled political nights out for a younger crowd” and they certainly deliver all that'

The Scotsman

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★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘Lennon and composer and lyricist Anya Pearson have conjured into life an all too necessary call to arms for their youthful audience' 

The Herald

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★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘'It is thrillingly alive'

The Reviews Hub

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★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘A daring, essential watch' 

Lisa in the Theatre

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

'A highly memorable and hard-hitting show that deserves to be seen" - North West End

North West End

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'Dead Girls Rising is a play for our times'

NARC Magazine

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A Super Happy Story

(About Feeling Super Sad)

by Jon BriTtain with Matthew Floyd Jones

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘Silent Uproar commission writers, in this case Jon Brittain, to create playful and provocative work to help make the world a little less crappy.’

Musical Theatre Review

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘one of the few theatrical works that has brought me to tears and the only one to do so not five seconds from making me laugh.’

A Younger Theatre

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‘a Super Happy Story is superb’

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

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'A mix of wit and low-key emotion that suddenly grips your heart' 

Lyn Gardner

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘A Super Happy Story is as good as it gets in Edinburgh’ 

British Theatre Guide

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘You'll be hard-pushed to find a better musical at this year's Fringe’ 

What’s On Stage

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PIG

by Alex Oates

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★ ★ ★ ★ 

'Kinetic and full of energy... the result is an ever shifting feast for the eyes that never bores'

The Upcoming

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'I can't wait to see what's next in store for this emerging company'
A Younger Theatre

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DON JON

by Laura Turner

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'Director Alex Mitchell has created a tight and effective ensemble and directs the action with pace and charity. Whilst the movement sequences between Jon and El (Alice Beaumont) provide exciting and skilful imagery'

British Theatre Guide

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'As the lethal Don Jon, James Stanyer gives a sexy, credible and charismatic performance. He dominates the action- as indeed his character should'

British Theatre Guide

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Small Plans

by Morgan Sproxton

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'The stage (literally) bursts into life' 

A Younger Theatre

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'Mitchell creates a world that is wonderfully atmospheric, perma-tinged with the discordance that secretly lies at the heart of Katy’s story'
A Younger Theatre

 

 

Other Press Mentions

​'A rising company in British theatre'

Lyn Gardner, 2021

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'A who’s who of contemporary British theatre companies: Breach, Kandinsky, Antler, Barrel Organ, Silent Uproar, Poltergeist, Burnt Lemon, Ugly Bucket, The PappyShow, Rhum and Clay, Deafinitely'

Fergus Morgan, 2021

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The Stage 

'Hull-based theatre company Silent Uproar [...] has no shortage of ambition or of confrontational glee in tackling its subject'

David Pollock, The Stage, 2024

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'[Hull] is home to several significant independent theatre companies, including Middle Child and Silent Uproar.'

Lyn Garnder, The Stage, 2021

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The Guardian, 'Pick of the week'

"Pick of the week" A LOVESONG FOR DICKHEADS by Josh Overton

The Guardian, 2018

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"Pick of the week" PARKLIFE by Lydia Marchant 

The Guardian, 2017

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"Pick of The Week" HANSEL by Alex Oates

The Guardian, 2015

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