'Executed with such comic perfection that it reduced me to tears of laughter'
Reviews
‘Butley shines like a gold coin.’
‘He (West) burns up the stage with his energy and allows a malicious gleam to come into his eye.’
Michael Billington, The Guardian
‘Dominic West is amazing.’
‘It is electric.’
Libby Purves, The Times
‘The great thing about Butley is he makes you laugh.’
‘This play, and this staging are both something special.’
‘Butley is not a show to miss.’
Daily Telegraph
‘This is an outstanding and revealing portrait of a pathetic, self-persecuted man.’
Paul Callan, Daily Express
‘Gray’s venomous language still pours forth with a startling astringency, and director Lindsay Posner has crafted an intense and strikingly raw revival.’
Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard
‘West bravely and uncompromisingly exposes Butley for the bastard he undoubtedly is, and the play for its shocking rawness.’
Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage
‘Clearly not only written from the heart but with an astonishing self-knowledge and prescience’
‘Played with lacerating brilliance by Dominic West’
Mark Shenton, The Stage
‘Life would be dull without a few Butleys.’
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail
