‘It’s a treat. It’s a hoot. It’s a hit.’ The Daily Mail

‘Without doubt this summer’s unmissable music event’ Classic FM

‘I can’t think of a more brilliant or inventive way of presenting Bernstein’s Candide’ musicalcriticism.com

‘Carsen’s dazzling new adaptation and triumphantly slick staging’ The Daily Mail

‘Its sharpest and most flamboyant reincarnation yet’ The Independent

‘Alex Jennings makes a deliciously wry Pangloss’ The Daily Telegraph

‘Anna Christy stops the show with her Monroe impression’ The Daily Mail

‘The central performances are superb’
The Daily Telegraph

‘Toby Spence is brilliant’ Classic FM

‘Rumon Gamba does the sensational score proud’ The Independent

‘An astonishing production’ Smooth Radio

‘The score is breezily conducted by Rumon Gamba’ The Daily Telegraph

‘Beverly Klein provides yet another extraordinary show stopper’ The Daily Mail

‘Michael Levine’s stunning set’
The Independent

‘Every scene displays Carsen’s mastery of large-scale stagecraft’ The Daily Telegraph