82%
(5 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
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Negative
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Members say
Entertaining, Quirky, Funny, Clever, Insipid

About the Show

Critics Circle Theatre Award winner James Fritz' drama about the Cleveland Street scandal.

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Critic Reviews (6)

The Guardian (UK)
October 17th, 2023

“It’s all about management of pathos, a slower impulse, to which the play tips strongly towards the end. There is so much potential here, if only the cast can allow themselves to expand into the full shape of it.”
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The Stage (UK)
October 18th, 2023

“Playing fast and loose with history, Fritz tells a wildly entertaining tale that also lands some serious points about institutional corruption, abuse and impossible choices.”
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The Arts Desk
October 19th, 2023

“There’s good stuff to be found for sure, but rather like a Victorian novel, this play presents as a sprawl when it should be presenting a scalpel.”
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Theatre Weekly (UK)
October 18th, 2023

“The story of the Cleveland Street scandal is compelling enough that telling the story in a simple way would have been more than enough, but Fritz’s approach with ‘The Flea’, while drawn out in places, works because it allows us to look at things from different angles, and not just because of Naomi Kuyck-Cohen’s set of misshapen furniture.”
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WhatsOnStage
October 19th, 2023

“Flawed as ‘The Flea’ is, it’s refreshing to encounter a new play so ambitious, imaginative, and unashamedly unfettered by convention.”
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Time Out London
October 18th, 2023

“Fritz’s satire is a tragedy waiting to explode...This play is never even close to boring – what a riotous, quirky ride it is.”
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