Northanger Abbey (stage version)

'A smartly playful adaptation that pulses with real passions... it asks big, clever questions about personal agency, authorship and control... Austen would thoroughly approve'

'Moves at a tremendous clip... the wooing is done with such subtlety and good humour'

'An incisive adaptation that approaches the tale from a fresh, contemporary angle... exuberantly, unashamedly silly... Quick-fire scenes jump about in time, skilfully picking apart the narrative with flashbacks that offer new context, or cutting away to asides where the characters debate their real intentions... an appealing, intriguingly flawed protagonist... unexpected and intriguing'

'A spirited three-hander romp... it's exhilarating, transmuting Austen's daftest novel into something really quite beautiful'

'A very modern, knowing take, clearly powered by love for the original tale'

'A playfully daring take on Jane Austen's original novel - and it works... There are lovely meta moments [with a] tight, witty script... and Cooper brilliantly transforms the conventional ending... it's all fantastic fun'

'Very entertaining... engaging and imaginative'

'A vivaciously queer take on Jane Austen that will make readers and audiences think twice'

'A three-hander lark, with much nifty work with hats and coats, parents and relatives mischievously cross-cast, and a bittersweet take on happy ever after'

'Clever, funny and seriously silly... The laughs don't stop... brilliant small-scale theatre'

'Playful, witty and laced with innuendo'