Awards & Nominations
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