Director Sam Mendes and writer Jez Butterworth are back with “a new masterpiece” (London Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
Reviews have landed for Jez Butteworth’s latest play. Set during the heatwave of 1976 in Blackpool, the play sees the Webb sisters – Jill, Ruby, Gloria, and Joan – gather in the parlour of Sea View, a tired guest house run and owned by their mother Veronica, who lies dying from stomach cancer upstairs. Swinging between the present and the sisters’s childhood in the 1950s, the play shows how dreams can be made and broken in a matter of minutes.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Financial Times
“Sam Mendes’ beautifully paced production surfs time, place and mood’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ London Theatre
“Jez Butterworth has created a new masterpiece”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All That Dazzles
“Sam Mendes’ direction is every bit as jaw-dropping as Jez Butterworth’s writing with every detail meticulously thought out, leading to complex, precise and note-perfect choices at every turn”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage
“blurring reality and fiction in a way that is as entertaining as it is unnerving”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ WhatsOnStage
“Line by line, scene by scene, The Hills of California holds the attention”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Telegraph
“It’s smart, ambitious fare, no question, the cast serve it with aplomb, and the final half-hour works like a dream”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Time Out
“Butterworth remains a one-off, a man who can write plays about ordinary people that carry the charge of the great tragedies”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Radio Times
“this play brings draught, dry humour, and devastating loss right to the heart of the West End”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Evening Standard
“The latest collaboration between writer Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes is a strange and enthralling female-centred family saga”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Culture Whisper
“undoubtedly one of the most brilliant works you’ll see on stage this year”
Agency Client Sam Mendes is represented by Katie Haines