THE POISON MAKER

“ Felix (James Oliver Wheatley) has been abandoned by his opportunist, bourgeois father Tegg (Steven Blake) and raised by his sensual, bohemian mother Pansy (Eva Gray)...This is an excellent production...strong performances by all the cast.”
- JOHN COURTNEY O'CONNOR, MORNING STAR

“Eva Gray and Vicki Carpenter, as Pansy and Florence, are enthralling... A curious and engaging play.”
- ZOE GREEN, THE STAGE

 “Fascinating! ...funny, absorbing and offers a fascinating look into the nature of the relationships between mothers and sons.”
- RONAN MURPHY, CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL

 “Young Felix lives alone with his mother in a menage that stops just shy of incestuous, though Pansy is quite happy to have her son take nude photos of her to develop his artistic side...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.”
- JONATHAN GIBBS, TIME OUT

“ Symonds' writing is laced with seductive imagery and his plot compels... A captivating play”
- RACHEL KURZFIELD, LONDON THEATRE REVIEW