what the papers say
This latest play by one of Scotland's finest young writers is simply a gem of postmodern romantic comedy...the genius of this play is that it acknowledges the ambivalence of postmodern sexual lives - the lack of commitment, the coldness, the sense that reality never quite measures up to some plastic ideal - while simultaneously overcoming all that with the wit, the humanity, the ability to laugh, learn, and move on, that is the real redeeming quality of our species...Jackson's clear-eyed but brilliant comic invention is a joy
FIVE STARS
The Scotsman
Painfully funny...a stream of fantastic one-liners.
FOUR STARS
The Herald
If you don't hoot with laughter at DC Jackson's vitriolic tirades against the people who make modern life so insufferable, there's a good chance you're one of them….not just a very funny romantic comedy but also a culturally significant snapshot of a moment in time when young people with disappointing lives feel short-changed by the present and prematurely nostalgic about the not-too-distant past…A polished gem of a production.
FOUR STARS
Onstage Scotland
The often painfully funny My Romantic History by D.C Jackson works similar wonders in jump-cutting between different, emotionally charged moments – many of them all too cringe-making – in the lives of an ordinary man and woman…The show will tour after Edinburgh, and my goodness it deserves to.
FIVE STARS
The Telegraph
D C Jackson is a name to watch. His outstanding new play, My Romantic History at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is, for starters, a highly entertaining office comedy… [and] an unexpectedly probing piece about self-delusion, maturing love and compromises…a delight.
The Independant on Sunday
Underneath the gags, DC Jackson's diamond-tight script played with every trite assumption made between the sexes, and asked us to look at what motivates romance between thirtysomethings who are no longer youthfully love-plump.
The Guardian
D C Jackson is clearly one to watch, with a brilliant eye for office and sexual politics and people never quite saying what they mean...some of the best one liners you’ll hear at this year’s Fringe.
The Independent
…a sharp and all-too-recognisable look at the perils of the contemporary dating game…an abundance of quotable lines as well as a refreshing honesty about the lies we tell the morning after the night before.
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The Evening Standard
…a mixture of show-stopping one-liners, cringe-inducing honesty and, behind the laughter, some acute insights into what men and women are really thinking behind the watercooler platitudes…this is 90 minutes of pure pleasure.
FIVE STARS
The Times
Witty, honest and ultimately very sweet…both fresh and down to earth, like a sitcom with a sting in its tail…An hour and a half of pure enjoyment.
FIVE STARS
Three Weeks
Inventive, funny observations of contemporary relationships...Three wonderfully observed performances add to the joy of it all. It’s been a couple of years since this old theatre hound laughed so much – just see it.
FIVE STARS
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