★★★★ “If you get the chance to see it, seize it.”
The Observer  

★★★★★ “… after being away from the theatre for so long, (it) is simply the greatest feeling in the history of the world!”
Cheshire Live

“ …her energy, resourcefulness and natural amiability make her far more sociable than distanced.”
Reviews Hub

“I cannot recall anything that has the human warmth of Ian Kershaw’s The Greatest Play in the History of the World.”
 Scarborough News

“Superbly witty, beautifully written and boasting a third act that ramps up to a dizzying display of verbal gymnastics.”
On Magazine

"If you are seeking THE play to re-introduce you to the joy of theatre-going after pandemic hibernation, right now this is The Greatest Play in the History of the World…”
Charles Hutchinson Press

★★★★ “Hesmondhalgh is a force to be reckoned with”
Always Time for Theatre “

...its themes of loss, isolation and connection could hardly be better suited to our present circumstances.”
British Theatre Guide

★★★★ “...70 minutes of wonderful storytelling”
Reviews Hub

“Hesmondhalgh is incredible”
One Play More

★★★★ “...very intimate, you almost felt that she was talking just to you.”
Fairy Powered Productions

★★★★ “A lovely, warm embrace of a play”
Yorkshire Post

The Greatest Play in the History of the World is at the Playhouse Tue 29 Jun to Sat 3 Jul 2021