A Table Tennis Play

'Superb… a tense emotional back and forth… each line of Steiner's script holds tremendous jeopardy'

'Grips tighter and tighter, masterfully dragging the audience down into the insecurities and fears of the players... Nobody writes dialogue quite like Sam Steiner... Zipping between hilarity and horribly affecting emotion, Steiner has a knack of making every single second count, leaving the unsaid hanging brilliantly heavy in the air... thrillingly enticing'

'Steiner's gift for dialogue is in full evidence here, using his characters' foibles and idiosyncrasies to illuminate masterfully and without judgement so much that goes unsaid'

'A Table Tennis Play is less concept-driven than Steiner's previous work, but sees him at his finest: whip-smart dialogue is whacked back and forth as themes, desires and thoughts bounce around... riveting... characters that are so vividly drawn... solidifies Steiner's status as a writer with the keenest ear for dialogue, finding magic among a sea of memories. An absolute ace'

'A subtle and beguiling piece of writing, encompassing huge things – grief, the passing of time – and minutiae, ingeniously economical in the way it uses words, with a deliciously offbeat sense of humour... studded with moments of magic and unexpectedly, capsizingly moving narrative swerves'