Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

"Brilliant, bitter and funny"
– John Peter, The Sunday Times, 4/26/99



"The Candide gracing the stage in the Olivier auditorium at the National Theatre in London is an unqualifying triumph: a classy, funny, moving, uplifting warm and tender musical that sends you delirious out into the night."
– Bill Hagerty, The News of the World



"...It arrives at a rich blend of wisdom and innocence that is rare in the theatre as it is in life."
– Alastair Macaulay, The Financial Times, 4/15/99