Overview
Road: "A surreal vision of the contemporary urban
landscape...uncomfortable and magical, funny and bitter. It is a
northern Under Milk Wood, high on pills and booze" (Sunday Times). Bed:
"Cartwright writes better about old people than anyone I know, except
perhaps Beckett. This is an odd, harrowing and hilarious piece, entirely
without sentimentality, sturdy but moving." (John Peter, Sunday Times)
Two: "A sharp, salty quickfire evocation of the surface gaiety and
underlying melancholia of English pub life." (Michael Billington, The
Guardian). The Rise and Fall of Little Voice: "A northern showbiz
fairytale, a backstreet Cinderella story, with a built-in kick."
(Guardian)