Sue Collier, The Public Reviews

Paul Green’s lighting is dark and intense, giving the impression of an environment lit by Davy lamps. A light show presents an image of these miners within the honeycomb of underground tunnels existing between the German and English lines. We realise that the enemy are not monsters, but young men just like Bert. This is a very physical performance with marvellous use of puppetry, ranging from a touching view of Bert’s young pregnant wife to the various forms of the devilish goblin character. Clever lighting enables the audience to ignore that it takes three men to operate one of the puppets.