Rachael Stirling
- Actor
Press clippings Page 3
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 2017Labour of Love, theatre review
Labour Party play makes West End a safe seat for James Graham.
Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard, 4th October 2017Review: Freeman and Greig shine in Labour of Love
Intriguing new play tells the story of the modern Labour party through the prism of an MP and his agent.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 4th October 2017'Labour of Love': theater review
Sherlock star Martin Freeman plays a doomed Labour MP in James Graham's latest look at British political life, also starring Tamsin Greig.
Demetrios Matheou, Hollywood Reporter, 4th 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 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 2017Detectorists Series 3 confirmed
BBC Four has confirmed a third series of Detectorists, the sitcom about a group of treasure hunters written by and starring Mackenzie Crook.
British Comedy Guide, 31st March 2017Radio Times review
This gently wonderful six-parter proved that a sitcom needn't be about Big Issues to work its magic. That said, the quiet, rural escapades of metal detectorists had much to say about friendship, love and the truly valuable things of life. Mackenzie Crook, the sallow stooge of The Office and Pirates of the Caribbean, led from the front as writer, star and debut director of what was clearly a labour of love, while Toby Jones and Rachael Stirling were among many genius casting decisions. In a comedy world writhing with mordant cynicism, Detectorists proved a glittering find. Bleeping brilliant.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 29th December 2014