REVIEWS AND AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
Theatre performances and play-readings
Review of 'Natalie's Marvellous Mishmash of Musicals' at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Sunday August 11th, 3pm Apex Grassmarket Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, (Venue #18) EH1 2HS, Edinburgh, Scotland. Published August 6th 2019, by Clare Brotherwood:
**** UK THEATRE NETWORK An accomplished actor, [Natalie Wilcox] is a comedy improviser and writer ....– but in Edinburgh she’s trying out a different show format which she’d like to tour to, and get involved with, rural communities, singing songs she has always wanted to sing but has never had the chance to. Oh, yes, ‘cos she’s an accomplished singer as well!
Her opening number bodes well for the rest of her show… ‘I will do better than my best. I have confidence in me…’ [she] really shines on stage, bringing the hills alive with the sound of music and using her acting skills to put across a wide range of characters from Annie, Oliver!, Me and My Girl, Company, Jungle Book, Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Poppins…
She also throws in a bit of tap dancing, plays the guitar and encourages her audience to join in – though it’s not compulsory.
It must be hard for someone to perform big numbers in a small room but, ably accompanied by Linda Stewart on keyboard, Natalie is expressive, energetic and obviously enjoys what she does. A good all round entertainer.
REVIEWS OF 'LIE BACK AND THINK OF AMERICA'
'Charming and funny' - Valerie Jack
'A wonderful play! A nostalgic evening for some. So funny and entertaining, beautifully performed....You will be captivated from the first moment. The story is surprising and genuinely moving - so many people involved by the change of a hat. Great evening, brilliant show' - Shrewsbury House
'Impressed and mesmerised by Lie Back and Think of America. Natalie's performance was a rare treat. If you get the chance go!' - Joy Barrows, Encore
'Well-written and compelling' - Soho Theatre
'formally ambitious and energetically written' - Royal Court
'Wonderful matinee ....- what a treat! A terrifically crafted & sustained piece - big things surely ahead for Natalie Wilcox'.
- Tristan Bates Theatre, West End, London
'novelistic, touching, funny story about one English family's life during WWII...Did I mention its a one-woman show?' - Chris Wolfe (Generation 9/11)
'Wilcox's performance harbours a gentle and charming nostalgia while clashing hard against the grim social relations ruined by the pressures of the war.' - Three Weeks.
'Everybody thought it was amazing and kept us all enthralled throughout. It’s a show good for both young and old' -audience member (The Manor, Basingstoke)
'We both thoroughly enjoyed it and thought that Natalie was brilliant' -Audience member (The Manor, Basingstoke)
Schools
"students were thoroughly engaged during the performance and took part enthusiastically with the interactive element of the drama workshop"
"It was really good",
"It was a fun lesson",
"It was fun to watch and made you get involved",
"I really liked it",
"I had real respect for the acting"
(Plumstead Manor School, London)
Review of 'Natalie's Marvellous Mishmash of Musicals' at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Sunday August 11th, 3pm Apex Grassmarket Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, (Venue #18) EH1 2HS, Edinburgh, Scotland. Published August 6th 2019, by Clare Brotherwood:
**** UK THEATRE NETWORK An accomplished actor, [Natalie Wilcox] is a comedy improviser and writer ....– but in Edinburgh she’s trying out a different show format which she’d like to tour to, and get involved with, rural communities, singing songs she has always wanted to sing but has never had the chance to. Oh, yes, ‘cos she’s an accomplished singer as well!
Her opening number bodes well for the rest of her show… ‘I will do better than my best. I have confidence in me…’ [she] really shines on stage, bringing the hills alive with the sound of music and using her acting skills to put across a wide range of characters from Annie, Oliver!, Me and My Girl, Company, Jungle Book, Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Poppins…
She also throws in a bit of tap dancing, plays the guitar and encourages her audience to join in – though it’s not compulsory.
It must be hard for someone to perform big numbers in a small room but, ably accompanied by Linda Stewart on keyboard, Natalie is expressive, energetic and obviously enjoys what she does. A good all round entertainer.
REVIEWS OF 'LIE BACK AND THINK OF AMERICA'
'Charming and funny' - Valerie Jack
'A wonderful play! A nostalgic evening for some. So funny and entertaining, beautifully performed....You will be captivated from the first moment. The story is surprising and genuinely moving - so many people involved by the change of a hat. Great evening, brilliant show' - Shrewsbury House
'Impressed and mesmerised by Lie Back and Think of America. Natalie's performance was a rare treat. If you get the chance go!' - Joy Barrows, Encore
'Well-written and compelling' - Soho Theatre
'formally ambitious and energetically written' - Royal Court
'Wonderful matinee ....- what a treat! A terrifically crafted & sustained piece - big things surely ahead for Natalie Wilcox'.
- Tristan Bates Theatre, West End, London
'novelistic, touching, funny story about one English family's life during WWII...Did I mention its a one-woman show?' - Chris Wolfe (Generation 9/11)
'Wilcox's performance harbours a gentle and charming nostalgia while clashing hard against the grim social relations ruined by the pressures of the war.' - Three Weeks.
'Everybody thought it was amazing and kept us all enthralled throughout. It’s a show good for both young and old' -audience member (The Manor, Basingstoke)
'We both thoroughly enjoyed it and thought that Natalie was brilliant' -Audience member (The Manor, Basingstoke)
Schools
"students were thoroughly engaged during the performance and took part enthusiastically with the interactive element of the drama workshop"
"It was really good",
"It was a fun lesson",
"It was fun to watch and made you get involved",
"I really liked it",
"I had real respect for the acting"
(Plumstead Manor School, London)