Vincent in Brixton

'One of the best new plays ever presented by the National Theatre'

* Sunday Times *

'A radiant portrait of the artist as a young romantic... tender and full-hearted... brimful with troubling emotion. The writing is wonderfully non-judgmental... Wright's play is no rehashed biography – it's a feeling exploration of restless souls'

* Guardian *

'Nicholas Wright has convincingly imagined himself into the life of the 20-year-old Vincent van Gogh... superlative... An evening to savour'

* Evening Standard *

'Fascinating... a play concerned primarily with unsettled hearts and big, unfulfilled dreams... a romance that feels natural and tender'

* Time Out *

'The great strength of Vincent in Brixton is that it avoids clichés by presenting the great painter in his youth. We are asked to challenge all our assumptions as his future is subtly foreshadowed, but never referenced directly. It is the ultimate dramatic irony. We know more about Van Gogh's fate than he does. It's a playwriting masterstroke. It lets writer Nicholas Wright explore familiar subjects afresh and take huge imaginative leaps while keeping us squarely grounded. We're hearing conversations that there clearly can be no historical record of, yet they feel right, true and searingly honest'

* Everything Theatre *

'A delicate exploration of grief and who we love... captures an extraordinary range of emotion with remarkable delicacy. The writing moves deftly between humour and heartbreak... delivered with absolute assurance... an absorbing, moving and dramatic piece of theatre'

* All That Dazzles *

'A subtly evocative and brilliantly crafted play... the writing is so faultlessly accomplished and convincing that what unfolds is a touching story of the transforming power of love... unmissable'

* The Spy in the Stal