"An explosive production…The writing is superb, and the dialogue crackles from the stage"

BBCi on KANGAROO VALLEY

What the press have said...

"The story is a brilliantly imaginative concoction, where modern urban reality crashes headfirst into a nightmarish Victorian wonderland...Yet it is the dialogue where the script really comes into its own, peppered with witticisms and insightful subtext and brimming with dark evocative humour and evocative imagery…"**** EVENING POST on CATBRAIN HILL

"The script was packed with that grim sense of foreboding, thinly veiled violence and surreal, sardonic humour that characterises much of Toby Farrow’s work." WESTERN DAILY PRESS on CATBRAIN HILL

"…the Evelyn Waugh of the slacker generation, writing accessible, contemporary plays that blend whip-crack dialogue and surreal comedy with astringent nihilism … Both funny and bleak, it is the perfect play to capture the imagination of a generation whose natural domain is the multiplex and the widescreen TV, rather than the theatre." **** THE INDEPENDENT on KANGAROO VALLEY

"This is not comedy for the faint hearted." **** METRO on KANGAROO VALLEY

"An explosive production, which lays bare the crushed dreams of three main characters in a London backpacker’s hostel…The writing is superb, and the dialogue crackles from the stage: any aspiring playwright should check out Farrow’s technique…each character harbours secrets that drip, drip, drip through the first half until they explode with deadly consequences at the end of the play … It is a tender, bitter finale that twists expectations and leaves the audience reeling." BBCi on KANGAROO VALLEY

"This really is one to take your breath away! This captivating adaptation has all the excitement and cleverness of 'The Lion King' but without the Disney hype…it's simply a stunning show!" ***** NOWT 2 DO.com on THE JUNGLE BOOK (Winner of Best Play of 2003)

"An intelligent, engaging dramatization of a childhood classic which remains true to its Victorian roots whilst also drawing vigorously on the more relaxed and abstract conventions of 21st century theatre…Mature five-year-olds and their older siblings will adore it." THE INDEPENDENT on THE JUNGLE BOOK

"Toby Farrow’s dialogue remains as sharp as a filleting knife…An absolute first rater." VENUE on THE POOL PARTY

"Farrow has a keen observational eye, a deft hand with the punchy one-liner and the potential to develop into an excellent bittersweet playwright" THE INDEPENDENT on GRINGOS

"A hugely promising young writer." THE GUARDIAN on GRINGOS

"A fine young playwright who specializes in clever comedy." THE SUNDAY EXPRESS on GRINGOS

"There is a freshness and vitality to the writing that is rooted in a detailed love of character." TIME OUT on SUMMER IN THE CITY

"One of the bright new hopes of British Theatre." METRO on SUMMER IN THE CITY

"Farrow either has a preternatural ability to write naturalistic dialogue, or a large collection of tape recorders and a bad bugging habit…The onlooker is left teetering between hysterical laughter and exquisite emotional pain…& " THE INDEPENDENT on SOCIAL GROOMING