Reviews

 

As Branwen Elder in ‘THE LONG MIRROR’

Kevin Berry, THE STAGE:-  “Composer Michael Camber meets his wife at a remote Welsh hotel to sort out their teetering marriage.  Already at the hotel in anticipation of the meeting is the enigmatic Branwen Elder.  She knows Camber and she loves him, though they have never met - at least not in normal time and space.  She has been ‘inside his head’ for some years and is able to sense his thoughts... Eva Gray, as Branwen, copes extremely well with a taxing role and an uncomfortably altruistic conclusion in which she gives camber up.”  Read full review


As Marilyn Monroe in ‘ALL THAT LOVING STUFF’

Philip Key, LIVERPOOL DAILY POST:-  Superb: Eva Gray as Monroe...  Much depends on the actress playing Monroe and Eva Gray does a superb job, moving easily from the frightened young girl moved around foster homes and into an orphanage to the adult she became, a star but still frightened of many things.  The role requires an intense concentration and Gray does not miss a trick.” Read full review

Peter Tatlow, THE STAGE:-  “Eva Gray gives an absorbing performance as Monroe, holding audience attention for more than two hours on stage.  She is bubbly, neurotic and shows abject terror when places in a straitjacket receiving treatment for drugs.  In a powerful performance her features clearly reflect her feelings and changing moods.”

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As Miss Julie

Sara Newman, CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL:-  “Eva Gray as Julie embodies sexual promiscuity and the injustice of the social hierarchy.  Her lustful dominatrix sexuality and ‘feminist’ upbringing spells the end of male sexuality... a striking adaptation of a flawed masterpiece.”

Julia Hickman, THEATREWORLD:-  “David McCaffrey’s sensual John and Eva Gray’s Miss Julie circle each other... the ideas and longings that are beautifully expressed in this production lead me to think that perhaps Strindberg is judging the world by his own standards and can’t himself escape his own prejudices.”


As Pansy in ‘THE POISON MAKER’

Jonathan Gibbs, TIME OUT:-  “This anarchic comedy of the Romantic (rather than romantic) persuasion carries echoes of Cocteau and Poe and creates a quite wonderful picture of a secretly perverse London of the early 1900s.”

Zoe Green, THE STAGE:-  “Eva Gray and Vicki Carpenter, as Pansy and Florence, are equally enthralling... A curious and engaging play.”  Read full review

As Rirette in ‘INTIMACY’

Kate Sherratt, CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL:-  “Passionate, yet more thoughtful and a little insecure, Ms Gray glitters as the second female presence.  She conveys a yearning frailty beneath her confident appearance.”

Nick Eisen, THE HAM AND HIGH:-  “As Rirette, Eva Gray creates a touching portrait of a woman bravely keeping up appearances while struggling with poverty.”


... & ‘AFTER INTIMACY’

Jeremy Austin, THE STAGE:-  “Gray gives a natural and absorbing performance as Rirette, disregarding any compassion and creating a cold, selfish character.”  Read full review

Julia Hickman, THEATREWORLD:- “Eva Gray as Rirette and Vicki Carpenter as Lulu extend their characters with vibrancy and style as they closet themselves in Bacchanalian luxury admist the devastation.”