Martin Freeman
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings Page 8
Labour of Love review - light, political and nostalgic
Labour of Love is ideal West End fodder: light, political and nostalgic. It's not great comedy, but it's a good play and perfectly performed.
Tim Bano, The Stage, 4th October 2017Labour of Love: valid and valiant response
It possibly ranks as one of Tamsin Greig's finest hours, even if this isn't James Graham's - the script contains a handful of the most laboured gags you'll hear outside the perimeters of the party conferences, the sitcom-ish second scene urgently needs fixing and poor Rachael Stirling as Lyons's unsupportive wife is saddled with the sort of horsey, stuck-up stereotype even Class War would find lacking in nuance. Not a landmark theatrical victory, at the final count, but valid and valiant all the same.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 4th October 2017Labour of Love review
Above all, it's a play about love - of party, friends, country - and it's testament to Labour that despite an impressively long history of self-destruction, you can't for a second imagine a play like this being written about the other lot. Raise the scarlet standard high!
Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out, 4th October 2017Tamsin Greig on learning a 97-page play in two weeks
Tamsin had to stand in at the last minute for Sarah Lancashire, who pulled out of the political comedy Labour of Love due to illness.
BBC, 3rd October 2017Labour of Love review - Freeman & Greig labour in vain
Comedy about Labour Party history is starry, but tediously overblown.
Aleks Sierz, The Arts Desk, 3rd October 2017Labour of Love review - witty take on party's past
Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig give sparkling performances as a reforming MP and his constituency agent fighting through Labour's fluctuating fortunes.
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 3rd October 2017Review: Labour of Love (Noel Coward Theatre)
We all emerged from the theatre punching the air; there is something exhilarating about its energy and its passion.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 3rd October 2017Gallery: Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig in Labour Of Love
Images have been released of rehearsals for James Graham's new political comedy, Labour of Love.
What's On Stage, 19th September 2017How The Office changed the British Sitcom
It was 16 years ago this month that The Office debuted on UK screens, and it remains to this day a high watermark of British comedy. It's perhaps the only 21st Century sitcom that can rival the stalwart classics of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers et al in terms of its lasting impact on UK popular culture.
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 27th July 2017Sarah Lancashire and Martin Freeman in Labour Of Love
Martin Freeman and Sarah Lancashire are to star in a new political comedy in the West End from September.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2017