This year’s Papatango Award-winning play TRESTLE has been picking up fantastic reviews in it’s debut run at the Southwark Playhouse, where it’ll play until November 25th. It has also been nominated for three Off West End Awards:
★★★★ “Brimming with quiet insight and sympathetic humour.” The Independent
★★★★ “Stewart Pringle’s Papatango New Writing Prize-winning play makes a big impression.” Evening Standard
★★★★ “Sophistication and sensitivity…Powered by two captivating performances, a tender, lovely piece of theatre.” Time Out
★★★★ “Funny, adorable, elegiac, brimming with gentle humour and bursting with heart.” The Stage
★★★★ “Wittily and cleverly written, wonderfully evocative, closely and lovingly observed.” WhatsOnStage
★★★★★ “Thought-provoking, clever twists, heart-warming.” London Theatre 1
★★★★★ “A gem of a play…a truly moving piece of theatre.” Rewrite This Story
★★★★ “Touchingly played, remarkable acting, very funny.” Reviews Hub
★★★★ “The sophistication with which the subject is handled is a wonder to behold. A lovely, quiet, intensely thoughtful piece.” Theatre Bubble
“A small but perfectly formed story that has a delicacy and ability to touch your heart that many larger works can only dream of…Yes, this really is a lovely play. It may be small, but it’s really beautiful.” Aleks Sierz
Off-West End Award Nominated
Best Female – Connie Walker
Best Male – Gary Lilburn
Most Promising Playwright – Stewart Pringle
Trestle is written by Stewart Pringle and stars Connie Walker and Gary Lilburn. Cathal O’Cleary directs, with Richard Hammarton on sound design.