Ghosts, Northlands 1999

Tom Jones York Theatre Royal 1996

"How do you conceive, write, produce an exceptional musical in four months? Don't ask Andrew Lloyd Webber or Trevor Nunn! And how do you find highly motivated and talented actors who not only sing well but provide the orchestra, each playing two to four musical instruments? Ask director John Doyle. He did it last year with his award-winning Moll Flanders - and has done it again with his adaptation of Henry Fielding's bawdy tale at the York Theatre Royal. This slick world premiere is a glorious achievement."
THE STAGE

"John Doyle's nine-strong company juggle characters, instruments and theatrical inventiveness. The key pleasure of Doyle's adaptation is the preservation of the novel's narrative voice."
THE TIMES

"Adapted, directed and choreographed by John Doyle, the show is a whirligig of outrageous humour with delightfully quaint touches."
SUNDAY EXPRESS
 

The Wars of the Roses York Theatre Royal 1994

"John Doyle has edited the three parts of Henry VI into a single play, just under three hours long. The result may upset some card-carrying purists, but it is an excellent introduction to early Shakespeare."
THE SUNDAY TIMES

Dracula York Theatre Royal 1994

"Doyle avoids a literal, step-by-step narration of the story, condensing it instead into a few, vital images."
YORKSHIRE POST