‘ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL.Terry Johnson’s slick production fuses the satiric and dramatic elements in wild laughter. The Graduate remains a scathing satire upon the vein of spiritual desolation and ennui running through sections of America.
AN EVENING OF IMPURE THEATRICAL DELIGHT.’
Evening Standard
‘THE SMASH HIT OF THE SEASON’
International Herald Tribune
‘A REAL SUCCESS. The stage version trumps the movie and that’s quite some achievement. So here’s to you Terry Johnson and, of course, to Mrs Robinson.’
Daily Telegraph
‘The Graduate eclipsed everything else in the West End.
Terry Johnson’s funny adaptation keeps all the best verbal and visual gags and throws in some more.’
Mail on Sunday
‘VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. Terry Johnson goes back to Charles Webb’s novel and this graduate passes summa cum lauda. It is at once funnier and much, much blacker than before. It tickles your funny bone and kicks you in the guts. IT SATISFIES THE HEAD AND TUGS AT THE HEART.’
The Scotsman
‘Terry Johnson’s smart funny play that both evokes the film
and does quite a lot else that is new, fresh and different.
EXCEPTIONALLY FINE.’
Daily Mail
‘A West End landmark wowing audiences with sex and
sophistication since it opened last year. THE AUDIENCE HOOTS ITS APPROVAL.’
The Express
‘The true surprise is that Terry Johnson has adapted a novel whose screen version is firmly lodged in everyone’s memory bank and the question is if The Graduate makes effective drama. The answer is, yes. It is diverting and very funny.’
The Times
‘Graduating with honours. Guess what? The stage version of
The Graduate is better drama than the movie. AWFULLY
SATISFYING AND FULL OF VERY CANNY SURPRISES.’
Financial Times
