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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

★ ★ ★ ★ 

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

The Herald

★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘'It is thrillingly alive'

The Reviews Hub

★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘A daring, essential watch' 

Lisa in the Theatre

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

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

North West End

'Dead Girls Rising is a play for our times'

NARC Magazine

A Super Happy Story

(About Feeling Super Sad)

by Jon BriTtain with Matthew Floyd Jones

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘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

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘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

‘a Super Happy Story is superb’

Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

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

Lyn Gardner

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

‘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

PIG

by Alex Oates

★ ★ ★ ★ 

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

The Upcoming

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

DON JON

by Laura Turner

'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

'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

Small Plans

by Morgan Sproxton

'The stage (literally) bursts into life' 

A Younger Theatre

'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

'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

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

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

Lyn Garnder, The Stage, 2021

The Guardian, 'Pick of the week'

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

The Guardian, 2018

"Pick of the week" PARKLIFE by Lydia Marchant 

The Guardian, 2017

"Pick of The Week" HANSEL by Alex Oates

The Guardian, 2015

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