Caroline Jenner, Sardines Magazine - 22/04/2016

The sound of the underground which greeted the audience as they entered Downe Village Hall effectively set the scene, enhanced by the clever use of bulkhead light fittings mounted on the front of the stage sequenced to suggest the movement of the trains through a station. Simple details like Mind the Gap painted on the floor, an underground sign projected on the back flat and tape in green and yellow across the top of the flat helped establish the fact that we were on the District and Circle Line, whilst the As You Like It poster was an amusing touch as the programme notes informed us of the link between the play and Jacques ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech. Nonetheless this play was simply staged with a screen, chairs and a table - it was the words not the scenery which had to paint the pictures.