Reviews
Reviews for Frozen Light’s for the 2023/2024 tour of The Bar at the Edge of Time
“This is a show that offers its audience a taste of intoxicating theatre, delivered in a safe space by gentle, skilled performers, yet with all the wild thrills intact. It was the best gig I’ve been to in ages, in a bar where everyone gets to share the good times.” The Stage ***** (read full review)
'“This ground-breaking production seamlessly combines the worlds of gig and sensory theatre, immersing the audience in a captivating journey through a cocktail bar, and a live music performance.” West End Evenings ***** (read full review)
Reviews for Frozen Light’s for the 2021/2022 tour of 2065
“Frozen Light’s clever design and energetic, likeable performances combine to create a delightful show for audiences with PMLD” The Stage **** (read full review)
‘Theatre should be for everyone and the work done by everyone on the show makes it so. A celebration of joy and humanity. An hour of theatre perfection.’ Beyond the Curtain ***** (read full review)
“The company have created an hour-long extravaganza of sensory engagement for an audience often neglected in the more traditional arts. Everything about this show has been carefully crafted to make the experience inclusive and accessible for all” Northern Arts Review****(read full review)
“Uplifting and poignant” British Theatre Guide (read full review)
Reviews for Frozen Light’s 2065: The Multi-Sensory Movie
“Frozen Light have faultlessly curated this entire experience.” A Younger Theatre**** (read full review)
“The painstaking care taken to choose just the right props is evident and makes the experience of watching 2065 so distinctive and exceptional.” Disability Arts Online (read full article)
Reviews for Frozen Light's The Isle of Brimsker 2018/19 Tour
“A magic box of delights… The thought which has gone into the piece is evident, but it’s matching this with playfulness, a light touch and plenty of panache that has created a real gem.” Exeunt (read full review)
“The way the show is so carefully tailored to the audience’s needs provides a vital reminder that theatre can accommodate everyone.” The Stage **** (read full review)
“Theatre has the power to capture and here it did so with massive success. The music pitched beautifully, the atmosphere bang on, the lighting and effects – particularly the multi coloured back drop – exactly like the radio – was clearly due to listening to your audience, consulting the research already done and uniquely responding accordingly.” Fringe Review (read full review)
“”The cast uses a combination of speech and sign language when engaging with the audience members. Garland, Coward and Watts have a very direct yet intuitive approach to their interactions. Every participant has their own way of engaging with the story elements and the cast has to be ready for all kinds of reactions.”
A Younger Theatre ***** (read full review)
“palpable joy and delight coming from the onlookers when faced with the lights, the shadows, the sensations. And it was easy to see the way the carers, families and friends cherished the chance to relax with their loved ones in a public space, and be told a simple story.” WhatsOnStage **** (read full review)
Reviews for Frozen Light's HOME 2016/17 Tour
‘Home is powerful piece of theatre about loss, separation, fear, loneliness, reconciliation, hope and rebuilding relationships – human life, in fact. And those things matter to people with PMLD as much as they do to anyone else.’ Sardines Magazine (read full review)
‘The actors created a safe environment so that any person with PMLD is able to engage with the play on their own accord.’ LondonTheatre1 **** (read full review)
“…a great many theatre companies could take lessons in stagecraft and how to engage any audience from this necessarily simple tale” The Scotsman **** (read full review)
“…warmth shining through with each one-to-one interaction” The Reviews Hub ***** (read full review)
“…they show perfectly how theatre can and should push the boundaries and be a place of accessible exploration and inclusion for all.” Opening Night (read full review)
“The performance blended all five senses, we didn’t just watch we felt it, we heard it, we could smell it and we could touch it. To Zack that is conversation, that is interaction and that is bringing the world to him.” The boy with five names (read full review)
Reviews for Frozen Light's The Forest 2015/16 Tour
“Frozen Light have created a piece of theatre that will live long in the memory and the production has raised the bar once again. Any funder who wonders about how to make theatre accessible should be compulsorily sat down to watch this.” Fringe Review (read full review)
“Frozen Light tap into theatre’s sensory sphere with care, precision and skill, building both an environment and a narrative with real light and shade.” Total Theatre Magazine (read full review)
“The really ingenious thing about this show by Frozen Light is that it speaks to all five senses…It takes a very special sort of talent to work appropriately – thinking all the time on your feet – with a potentially unpredictable audience. These three have it in spades.” The Stage **** (read full review)
“The whole team make what is a very sophisticated, caringly crafted mixture of music and other sensory elements seem fresh, artless and… rather magical.”
The Herald Scotland **** (read full review)
“Not only did I feel like I had a wide range of sensory stimulation, but the combination of how well it integrated to the story, the playfulness, and the welcoming nature of the exchange between performers and all audience members made it a hugely engaging and satisfying experience.” Playing at Plays (read full review)
“Frozen Light have created a piece of theatre that will live long in the memory and the production has raised the bar once again. Any funder who wonders about how to make theatre accessible should be compulsorily sat down to watch this.” Fringe Review (read full review)
Reviews for Frozen Light’s Tunnels 2014 Tour
“NOW and again, a theatrical performance comes along that leaves you so impressed with the quality of the performance, with the delivery, with the stunning use of every sense, so as to leave the audience stunned, surprised and truly inspired.” Your Harlow (read full review)