Arthur Darville stars in Nadia Fall’s production now playing at the Bush Theatre. Here’s what critics have been saying about it:
The Guardian: ★★★ “Nadia Fall’s production is frequently savagely funny but she can’t quite find the right tone for a play that veers between kitchen-sink drama, sitcom and satire, and which often comes across as strenuous and shouty.”
The Stage: ★★★ “But the darker the play becomes – and it goes to some pretty bleak and brutal places as Mac reveals more of the person Arnold was and is – the less sure-footed Nadia Fall’s production feels.”
The London Economic: “Like listening to anyone fighting for any amount of time, HIR is a bit exhausting. ”
The Times: ★ “The characters here are such makeshift vessels that it is hard to suspend your disbelief in any of this.”
Time Out: ★★ “Nadia Fall’s tonally uneven, heightened production, there’s much to admire but little to love.”
Theatre Fullstop: “Wonderful direction and smart writing make this production a sensationally subversive comedy, that somehow also finds a way to pull at our heartstrings.”
Victoria Sadler.com: “as a result, you do come away with the feeling that this production could have brought so much more.”
Culture Whisper: ★★★ “While Hir is thoughtful, provocative and at times stirring, it might be that like the Connor family parts of it get a bit lost in the mess.”
The Telegraph: ★★★★ “Mac, 43, has ingeniously fashioned a piece that fits into the grand tradition of American dramas about family dysfunction while speaking to the confusions of identity, loyalty and belonging of the progressive age.”
Gay Times: “While Hir occasionally succeeds, overall it seems like a missed opportunity.”
Hir continues to play at the Bush Theatre until the 22nd July.
