“One Man is....both satanic and seraphic, dirty-minded and utterly innocent. Letting loose and neutralizing all sorts of demons, it’s ideal escapism for anxious times." - New York Times
“The National Theatre is on a roll unmatched in its nearly fifty-year history. The longest sustained laugh I’ve heard in years of theatre-going.” - New Yorker
“A hilarious tour de farce. These guys just want one thing, and it’s to make us laugh. They succeed brilliantly.” - New York Post
“****! Gobsmackingly funny!!” Time Out New York
“Gut-achingly good. I cannot remember the last time two hours of dramatic foolishness, lacking the slightest microscopic particle of redeeming social value, filled me with so much bliss.” - Washington Post
“One Man, Two Guvnors is 1,000 laughs! So memorably hilarious that it could be deemed a two-hanky weepie—for tears of laughter!” Associated Press
“Grade: A! A larf-out-loud theatrical hubbub just as sparkling and marvelous as rapturous London reviews have promised." - Entertainment Weekly
“The most criminally funny theatre I've ever seen. If you’re not having a good time at this show, you may be on the wrong medication.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Officially the funniest play on the planet." - Daily Mail
“I laughed my head off. The man next to me was so convulsed with laughter that I feared his going into cardiac arrest.” - Financial Times
“Deliriously funny." - Vogue
“A triumph of visual and verbal comedy… One of the funniest productions in the National Theatre's history.” - Guardian (London)
“Bean shows that there’s no end to his talents… It’s been a while since the National, or any other theatre, had us rolling in the aisles at such sheer, joyous pandemonium.” – Sunday Times (London)
“Richard Bean's delicious reworking of Servant Of Two Masters … seems even better in its new West End incarnation… Fresh from winning [the Evening Standard] award for best play, it's an astonishing tour de force” ***** –Evening Standard (London)
“For almost three blissful hours cares are forgotten and gnawing anxieties put aside as you surrender to great waves of healing laughter. It is absolute bliss. [Bean’s] script is a bang-on-the-money mixture of wisecracks, sight gags, and fiendish moments of audience participation.” ***** –Telegraph (London)
“Richard Bean's updated version of Goldoni's comic classic seems, if anything, even funnier than it did at the National… The show, in short, is a tonic which confirms Eric Bentley's point that farce is the quintessence of theatre and which combines a tightly-written text with the gaiety of popular entertainment.” – ***** Guardian (London)
“The most perfect seasonal entertainment” – What’s On Stage (London)
“Perfectly pitched… gloriously funny and a plum piece of seasonal entertainment” ***** – Financial Times (London)
“One Man is....both satanic and seraphic, dirty-minded and utterly innocent. Letting loose and neutralizing all sorts of demons, it’s ideal escapism for anxious times." - New York Times
“The National Theatre is on a roll unmatched in its nearly fifty-year history. The longest sustained laugh I’ve heard in years of theatre-going.” - New Yorker
“A hilarious tour de farce. These guys just want one thing, and it’s to make us laugh. They succeed brilliantly.” - New York Post
“****! Gobsmackingly funny!!” Time Out New York
“Gut-achingly good. I cannot remember the last time two hours of dramatic foolishness, lacking the slightest microscopic particle of redeeming social value, filled me with so much bliss.” - Washington Post
“One Man, Two Guvnors is 1,000 laughs! So memorably hilarious that it could be deemed a two-hanky weepie—for tears of laughter!” Associated Press
“Grade: A! A larf-out-loud theatrical hubbub just as sparkling and marvelous as rapturous London reviews have promised." - Entertainment Weekly
“The most criminally funny theatre I've ever seen. If you’re not having a good time at this show, you may be on the wrong medication.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Officially the funniest play on the planet." - Daily Mail
“I laughed my head off. The man next to me was so convulsed with laughter that I feared his going into cardiac arrest.” - Financial Times
“Deliriously funny." - Vogue
“A triumph of visual and verbal comedy… One of the funniest productions in the National Theatre's history.” - Guardian (London)
“Bean shows that there’s no end to his talents… It’s been a while since the National, or any other theatre, had us rolling in the aisles at such sheer, joyous pandemonium.” – Sunday Times (London)
“Richard Bean's delicious reworking of Servant Of Two Masters … seems even better in its new West End incarnation… Fresh from winning [the Evening Standard] award for best play, it's an astonishing tour de force” ***** –Evening Standard (London)
“For almost three blissful hours cares are forgotten and gnawing anxieties put aside as you surrender to great waves of healing laughter. It is absolute bliss. [Bean’s] script is a bang-on-the-money mixture of wisecracks, sight gags, and fiendish moments of audience participation.” ***** –Telegraph (London)
“Richard Bean's updated version of Goldoni's comic classic seems, if anything, even funnier than it did at the National… The show, in short, is a tonic which confirms Eric Bentley's point that farce is the quintessence of theatre and which combines a tightly-written text with the gaiety of popular entertainment.” – ***** Guardian (London)
“The most perfect seasonal entertainment” – What’s On Stage (London)
“Perfectly pitched… gloriously funny and a plum piece of seasonal entertainment” ***** – Financial Times (London)
