Reviews
An Unfortunate Woman
” ****½ I’ve never experienced anything quite like it… watching An Unfortunate Woman is like entering strange parallel universe. It’s a beautifully done piece performed with meticulous artistry and bold imagination.”
TIMES COLONIST (Victoria, Canada)
“Macabre and surreal…Absorbing and intriguing…”
THE DOMINION POST (Wellington, NZ)
“It’s an enchanting work so cleverly conceived and performed that the audience is just slightly behind the eight ball…The unexpected delight of The Comedy Festival.”
CAPTIAL TIMES (Wellington, NZ)
” **** An unusual, sophisticated and very skilled hybrid performance… leaving the audience bamboozled at first, then utterly engrossed.”
THE AGE (Melbourne, Australia)
” **** Gunn is a mime of exceptional skill and all these characters and their tragic-comic story come to fascinating life in her hands.”
THE SUNDAY AGE (Melbourne, Australia)
“An awesome performance of a touching story.”
HERALD SUN (Melbourne, Australia)
” ***** The performance is funny, elegant and tinged with sadness. It should be a well-attended hit.”
THE ADVERTISER (Adelaide, Australia)
” ***** Breathtaking… The only problem is that you won’t be able to get tickets to go twice.”
NOW (Toronto, Canada)
“Amazing… It’s funny, it’s heartbreaking, it should be on everyone’s list.”
TORONTO STAR
“Strange and wonderful”
TORONTO SUN
“Astounding… The audience was blown away.”
THE GAZETTE (Montreal, Canada)
” **** [Nicola Gunn’s] ability is downright prodigious.”
EYE (Toronto, Canada)
” *****A work of art. This ethereal performance will stay with you for days. One cannot see the Fringe without seeing Nicola Gunn.”
CBC
“A phenomenal physical performer… this unique charmer has miles of style.”
WINNIPEG SUN (Canada)
“Her performance is unlike anything else you will see at the Fringe. Grade A”
UPTOWN MAGAZINE (Winnipeg, Canada)
” ***** The international bar for breathtaking transformation is set by Australia’s amazing Nicola Gunn, a physical theatre artist of eerie originality and prodigious dexterity. No one does what Gunn does. The show is mesmerizing.”
EDMONTON JOURNAL (Canada)
” ***** Gunn delivers a performance which unnerves the onlooker even as it delights by sheer dexterity. Like a silverpoint drawing, this fringe production will firmly etch itself on the mind and linger… “
SEE (Edmonton, Canada)
” **** Nicola Gunn is a remarkable mime …you cannot help but be impressed with this talented performer’s ability to create worlds within worlds and how immediately she inhabits each of her characters.”
EDMONTON SUN (Canada)
” ****½ See Gunn in An Unfortunate Woman… attending her play is an absolute must.”
THE STAR PHOENIX (Saskatoon, Canada)