★★★★★ “Other producers and theatre companies should take note though – this is how you create theatre when the theatres are shut.” - Broadway Baby for The Tell-Tale Heart
"Based on the evidence so far, Threedumb Theatre have a bright future in this 'new normal'" - John Chapman
★★★★ “The direction is flawless... Online theatre can be very hit and miss. If it’s literally a case of someone just pointing a camera at an existing stage production – count me out. But done like this, when the use of both space and medium have been thought through effectively it works.” - View from the Cheap Seat on The Black Cat
★★★★★ “This isn’t simply a filmed monologue. The action moves in and out of The Space’s atmospheric building, brilliantly utilising every nook and cranny, and camera moves combine with expert lighting and effects to make this a constantly inventive experience. There’s a particularly vivid house-fire sequence, and at one point the camera takes on the cat’s point of view, which is genuinely creepy… an absolute triumph.” - Everything Theatre for The Black Cat
★★★★★ “The imaginative and creative way in which Threedumb Theatre use the entire Theatre’s “space” has been brilliantly choreographed… The emptiness of the Theatre and the echoing within some of the main rooms bought this 1843 macabre masterpiece to life.” - MyTheatreMates for The Black Cat
★★★★ “The company quite cleverly utilises the eerie and rather special atmosphere of the venue which was once a Presbyterian church until it was transformed into one of London’s most influential performance hubs.” - North West End on The Black Cat
★★★★ “The script is an unabridged version of Poe’s short story, read out by our narrator (Stephen Smith). There is something deliciously incongruous about the whole affair, with language so incredibly archaic and ornate spoken out through our devices and into our 21st Century living rooms… A fresh and exciting change from the mass of recent Zoom plays that have appeared of late which are simply recordings of shows that can be played at any time. Threedumb Theatre go to great lengths to try and recreate the actuality of an actual theatrical space. The whole show is filmed using one shot, and that shot is invariably up close on the narrator’s face, providing an intense visual insight into his internal mania as he runs about... There is always a risk with Zoom plays of becoming distracted, such is the difficulty of performing when the viewer is so far from the action. Yet despite this fact, as well as the archaic language and old fashioned story, not once did my focus waver.” - A Younger Theatre on The Black Cat
“For this play, we are again back inside a real theatre space except this time the whole building is put to use giving us, in effect, a promenade performance. But in a digital twist, instead of the audience moving from area to area, we sit still while the camera tracks the actor from the usual performance space to the venue’s corridors, the upstairs bar, the toilets, outside to the grounds and even, initially, across the road from the building.” - John Chapman on The Black Cat
★★★★ “This intimate and mobile view is highly engaging, drawing us into a 50 minute performance and making it seem like five. Compelling stuff and a great example of using this new digital formatting in a creative and engaging way.” - The Reviews Hub on The Black Cat
