random/generations

★★★★★

debbie tucker green’s writing lands its savagely pertinent and heart-breaking points with the delicacy of a poem and the sharpness of a cry to arms. Petra Letang is utterly astonishing. The quality and detail of this wonderful performance is matched by writing of subtlety and intensely moving restraint. It is simply magnificent and held together by tight and compassionate direction from Tinuke Craig. The same gentle control is also manifest in generations, a minimal piece which also has maximal effect about the baffling emptiness of loss. Beautifully played and set amidst stylised bright colours and stark lighting by Alex Lowde and Joshua Drualus Pharo, this is a pitch-perfect evening of work. Congratulations to Chichester for such prescient programming; now it needs to be seen widely, opening hearts and minds.

Whatsonstage.com

★★★★★

The mesmerising writing and engrossing performances feel like a powerful wake-up call.

The Stage

★★★★ 

Director Tinuke Craig’s productions of these two short plays by debbie tucker green, both about families coping with premature deaths, shine in an outstanding revival. In generations, an elliptical 30-minute play leaves you with a sense of sorrow that cuts deeper than logic. Superb. In random, tucker writes with pithy poeticism, and Petra Letang rises to the challenge with tender virtuosity. It’s a sensational performance in a perfectly paired evening. Go see.

The Times

★★★★ 

Acute, finely judged revivals.

The Guardian

★★★★ 

Pairing these two plays is a masterstroke. They capture South Africa and south London’s sizzle and sting with devastating force.

Sunday TImes

random is beautifully written and mesmerisingly delivered by Petra Letang in an extraordinary solo performance. It’s difficult to believe we will see anything more compelling than this all season – or more poignant. This is theatre at its most riveting.

Chichester Observer