Here's some nice things some nice people said about my work:
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“Hywel John's subtle and compelling script… tremendous fun with this exuberant and idiosyncratic language”
- Fiona Mountford, EVENING STANDARD
“Delicious wordplay”.
- Jo Caird, FESTMAG
“Exquisitely nuanced…Hywel John's first play is a fascinating piece, always gripping, often very funny, beautifully paced.”
Victor Hallett, THE STAGE
“A well-crafted, winning new play”
Dominic Cavendish, THE TELEGRAPH
“It’s psychological surety will leave you in pieces”
Alfred Hickling, THE GUARDIAN
"In the best tradition of modern British theatre: daring, frightening, and deeply human."
Ben Trawick-Smith, NYTHEATRE.COM
“Sublime”
- THREE WEEKS
'Grips its audience by the throat... bordering on perfection.'
- The British Theatre Guide
'An electric new play on the dangerous immediacy of falling in love... this isn't a gentle, reflective play about a mundane relationship. It's a cable downed in a hurricane, thrashing and sparking in the wet and windy street... 'Seanmhair' is an exciting, volatile new play deserving of wider audiences'
- Fest Magazine
'A strikingly staged tale of love, loss and emergent womanhood'
- The List
'Gripping from the off... This piece packs a punch, it’s a heady mix of bleak reality and hissing poetry, travelling at a hundred miles an hour... this writing is infectious, occultist and highly addictive.'
- TheateFullStop
'What makes Seanmhair such an enduring piece of theatre is the sheer beauty and intensity of its writing… Seanmhair is, at its core, a carefully crafted piece of music. And not a note is put wrong'
- Critically Speaking
‘Hywel John’s very fine play… A great piece of theatre art.’
– Theatre in Wales
‘Hywel John’s raw and poignant script… a thought-provoking and innovative production… This play was one of the most unforgettable I have seen, one that has stayed with me for days and has spurred me to think about its central messages. This does not happen very often in theatre.’
– Arts Scene in Wales
‘An astonishing script… as rich as a novel in the imagery it mines. With a pen as spare and sharp as a caricaturist’s’
- Culture Colony
“Hywel John's subtle and compelling script… tremendous fun with this exuberant and idiosyncratic language”
- Fiona Mountford, EVENING STANDARD
“Delicious wordplay”.
- Jo Caird, FESTMAG
“Exquisitely nuanced…Hywel John's first play is a fascinating piece, always gripping, often very funny, beautifully paced.”
Victor Hallett, THE STAGE
“A well-crafted, winning new play”
Dominic Cavendish, THE TELEGRAPH
“It’s psychological surety will leave you in pieces”
Alfred Hickling, THE GUARDIAN
"In the best tradition of modern British theatre: daring, frightening, and deeply human."
Ben Trawick-Smith, NYTHEATRE.COM
“Sublime”
- THREE WEEKS
'Grips its audience by the throat... bordering on perfection.'
- The British Theatre Guide
'An electric new play on the dangerous immediacy of falling in love... this isn't a gentle, reflective play about a mundane relationship. It's a cable downed in a hurricane, thrashing and sparking in the wet and windy street... 'Seanmhair' is an exciting, volatile new play deserving of wider audiences'
- Fest Magazine
'A strikingly staged tale of love, loss and emergent womanhood'
- The List
'Gripping from the off... This piece packs a punch, it’s a heady mix of bleak reality and hissing poetry, travelling at a hundred miles an hour... this writing is infectious, occultist and highly addictive.'
- TheateFullStop
'What makes Seanmhair such an enduring piece of theatre is the sheer beauty and intensity of its writing… Seanmhair is, at its core, a carefully crafted piece of music. And not a note is put wrong'
- Critically Speaking
‘Hywel John’s very fine play… A great piece of theatre art.’
– Theatre in Wales
‘Hywel John’s raw and poignant script… a thought-provoking and innovative production… This play was one of the most unforgettable I have seen, one that has stayed with me for days and has spurred me to think about its central messages. This does not happen very often in theatre.’
– Arts Scene in Wales
‘An astonishing script… as rich as a novel in the imagery it mines. With a pen as spare and sharp as a caricaturist’s’
- Culture Colony