THE SENSATIONAL WEST END TRANSFER OF JERUSALEM TO THE APOLLO THEATRE HAS PICKED UP AN UNPRECEDENTED NINE 5-STAR REVIEWS FOLLOWING THE PRESS NIGHT ON 10 FEBRUARY:

* * * * *

‘An instant, modern classic. Mark Rylance gives one of the greatest stage performances I have ever witnessed.’
The Daily Telegraph

* * * *

‘Jerusalem, beautifully directed by Rickson, proves to be even better than its ecstatic publicity suggests…. The cast are uniformly superb but Rylance is in a league of his own.’
The Independent

‘Refreshing, humane, touching and wickedly funny.'
Evening Standard

‘A hilarious, enchanting, affecting evening.
Rylance, the most exciting stage actor of his generation, playing one of the juiciest roles in living memory.’
The Times

‘This play, this production, this performance are sensational.'
Financial Times

‘Jerusalem will surely wind up trailing trophies like pots on a tinker’s wagon. And it’s easy to see why.'
Daily Mail

A riveting hymn to England.’
Daily Express

A new play of irrepressible energy, wonderful wit and
wild wonder.’

Sunday Express

Spellbinding, exuberant and glowingly atmospheric, it teems with faultless performances, central among them Mark Rylance's extraordinary portrayal of Johnny.
You'd be mad to miss it.’

Time Out

 

QUOTES AND CREDITS FROM THE ROYAL COURT SEASON – JULY – AUGUST 2009

* * * * * Daily Mail, thelondonpaper, Daily Telegraph
* * * * Daily Express, Evening Standard, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, LondonLite, Metro, The Times, Time Out, whatsonstage.com

‘This one you have to see’
The Independent

'Mark Rylance has a magical gift that elevates him above all the competition and puts him on a par with acting legends Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Alec Guinness.’
Daily Telegraph

‘Bold, ebullient and hilarious’
The Times

‘A play blessed with what I suspect will prove an award-winning performance by the great Mark Rylance’
The Daily Telegraph

‘A star role momentously played by Mark Rylance.’
The Guardian

‘Jez Butterworth's gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy.’
The Observer

‘Jez Butterworth's new play is a wonderful, rollicking, dark comedy about contemporary life in rural England.’
Financial Times

‘In Johnny Byron, Butterworth has created a thrilling role. Rylance’s is an astonishing performance, which confirms that he is one of our finest stage actors.’
The Evening Standard

‘An invigorating, yelping, defiant portrait of 21st century shires England.’
Daily Mail

‘Startlingly brilliant new play is a tragic and hilarious vision of life in an English country community.’
thelondonpaper

‘Rylance's comic timing is a delight. Rylance also has startling tenderness, and volcanic rage.’
The Independent on Sunday

‘This is a production which you will find very hard to evict from your imagination.’
Time Out