Press clippings
Tom Little launches anxiety sitcom Don't Overthink It
Tom Little has written and stars in the loosely autobiographical sitcom Don't Overthink It, which will be released weekly online and featuring a host of upcoming comedians, including Jain Edwards, Sunil Patel, Celya AB, Chris Cantrill.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd July 2023Interview: Ollie Norton-Smith & Hamish Lloyd Barnes - Speed Dial
Speed Dial is an explosively physical comedy-thriller about connection, forgiveness and cryptic crosswords.
The New Current, 29th June 2022Review: Our Man In Havana
Ollie Norton-Smith and Hamish Lloyd Barnes' script is slick and effective, triggering many a genuine laugh through a generous sprinkling of surrealist jokes that hang in the air with little relevance to the plot around.
Nick Ferris, A Younger Theatre, 5th March 2020Our Man In Havana by Spies Like Us review
Mamboing between moments, Hamish Lloyd Barnes who plays Hawthorne and numerous other characters, gives a particularly energetic performance with wonderful facial elasticity that is just the other side of slapstick.
London Theatre 1, 5th March 2020Review: Unnatural Distaster
A particularly enjoyable moment during the show is when Charlie Billingham and outgoing President Hamish Lloyd Barnes give the audience a 'lesson' in comedic transition scenes.
Sophie Reason, Durham Student Theatre, 4th November 2019Review: ComedyFest
ComedyFest provided a rare opportunity to directly compare and contrast this year's crop of sketch comedy troupes from the Cambridge Footlights, The Oxford Revue and the Durham Revue. President Hamish Lloyd Barnes was a crowd favourite, with his gloriously exaggerated bodily and facial movements marrying with impeccable timing to result in some of the biggest laughs of the night.
Jack Palmer, Durham Student Theatre, 25th February 2019Our Man in Havana at Pleasance Courtyard review
Our Man in Havana is a spy caper which is bursting with the high production values typical of The Young Pleasance. Adapted from the Graham Greene novel by two members of the company, Ollie Norton Smith and Hamish Lloyd Barnes, in a very clever and well thought out way.
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 17th August 2017