Caroline Leslie
Press clippings
Bleak Expectations review
Rewriting a Charles Dickens' comedy set in the 19th is not an obvious thing to do and maybe that's why it worked.
Beatriz Do O, A Young(ish) Perspective, 23rd May 2023Bleak Expectations review
A greeably funny Dickensian spoof as cosy as a woollen teapot.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th May 2023Bleak Expectations review
This fast-paced comedy mashup of the great Victorian novelist sends up Britishness with oodles of silliness.
Arifa Akbar, The Guardian, 5th June 2022Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans review
Director Caroline Leslie has successfully given Bleak Expectations a new platform in which audiences can watch and enjoy some of their favourite characters from the radio production come to life on the stage.
Elaine Chapman, Theatre, Films and Art reviews, 1st June 2022