Audience Feedback

Ceri Legg on 06/07/2010

Audience Comments for Into My Own


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“Excellent performance! I’m sure some seeds have been planted! Keep it up!”
“Absolutely fab. Enjoyed everything about it – keep up the good work.”
“I thought it was excellent and very good”
“Absolutely amazing. Had a tear in my eye and some giggles too! All the best”


Morlan Centre, Aberystwyth
“Absolutely fantastic – highlighted a lot of issues that we are being faced with daily.”
“I thought Sara was excellent and the cast. A great production”
“Didn’t know what to expect but thoroughly enjoyed the play. All the actors were BRILL!!”
“Brilliant performance from all the cast – but especially Sara!”
“Absolutely brilliant, bought the issues home”
“It has been a privilege to see this performance. Thank you so much for coming to Aberystwyth.”
“It was a wonderful eye-opener, excellent performance”
“This was tremendous as we have come to expect from Hijinx. Do come again!”

The Miners’ Theatre, Ammanford
A great show – wonderful energy from all the cast”

The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
“Brilliant performance, really got the message across. Sadness, laughter, a believable story which is still happening today. You have raised the awareness as it is still happening today. Outstanding, fantastic show from all at Ty Penybont Day Centre”
“Very nice show and brilliant to see the show – very funny it was”
“You need to capture parent’s as your audience as they are the main link – look forward to your next performance”

Coneygre Arts Centre, Tipton
“Brilliant! The best one I’ve seen”
“Very good and enjoyable”
“Excellent, Fab, Brill!”
“Best show we’ve seen yet – keep up the good work”
“Another thought provoking production well done”
“Fantastic acting, just brill, this is a big area of concern for people with learning disability – what better way of getting the point over”

Pontardawe Arts Centre
“Very good, very moving!”
“Come to Pontardawe more often Hijinx!”

The Chrysalis, Milton Keynes
“Excellent production”
“Excellent performance – really enjoyed it – I have a burning inspiration to join you”
“Dilys was my favourite character – me and her get on well together”

Clwyd Theatr Cymru
“Very well acted but what a pity colleges thought it was geared to special needs not mainstream. Special needs people live the experience”
“Excellent – covered lots of areas – really enjoyable”
“Thanks for a very absorbing play. The acting was excellent – I will recommend the production”
“Very emotional – thank you”
“One of the best I’ve seen – you had me on ‘Here comes the sun’!”
“I think everyone in Britain should see this show – you didn’t pull any punches! Really everyone can empathise about the issue of ‘change’ and the fear of it. My 25 year old sister-in-law has CP and epilepsy and lives at home – after college – she needs somewhere to move to where she can be stimulated and enjoy a full life – but needs 24=hour care. It is a worry for her parents. I will get her to come to your show in London.”
“Truly inspirational – so much energy and so much to think about. A big thanks to all the cast”
“Really amazing, enjoyed it very much”
“Thank you, that was truly wonderful. It should be compulsory watching for all government ministers, civil servants and social workers”
“Wonderful production. A DVD should be made of this and circulated. It touched all the right buttons. Made everyone THINK. Thank you – thank you! Here’s to your next production”
“Good”
“Jack Reynolds was an important part and was an excellent actor”
“So true to life and very well acted”
“Absolutely wonderful performance – so true to life – great acting. Many congratulations – do come again”
“Well done – it opens your eyes – thank you”
“Wonderful observation. Wonderfully produced and wonderfully acted – brilliant!”
“What a message! We can all learn from this. I was moved to tears – congratulations on a superb performance – you made me cry, made me laugh, made you think!”

Blackwood Miners’ Institute
“Excellent – you knocked the nail on the head, we see this all the time. Well done”
“Fab – enjoyed very much”
“Well done! Awesome show, really enjoyed it – love to see more and more awareness locally”
“Well done guys – never enjoyed a play so much – we want more!”
“Well done – inspiring performance”
“A lovely performance by all – leaving something to think about. Well done!”
“Excellent – very entertaining – Well done”
“Excellent – most entertaining – best wishes to all”
“Fantastic really good meaning to it – should be essential for all parents and social workers, support workers etc Excellent production, well done!”
“Inspiring!”
“Excellent and good work”
“Very good performance by all – an enjoyable evening”
“Fantastic as usual. Love to follow Hijinx knowing it will be a good performance!”

Neath Little Theatre
“Very enjoyable and inspiring”
“Excellent performances and very uplifting production”
“Excellent performance”
“Delightful entertainment – especially the dancing!”
“Excellent, we really enjoyed it”
“Excellent show, lots of feelings about character’s parts”
“Absolutely fantastic, can’t wait for the next one!”
“Superb performances by all – very moving play”
“We loved Sara!! You’re amazing – all the cast were fab”
“Very moving and thought provoking – lots of powerful acting by a perfectly cast team! – Thank you”
“Excellent as usual. Great performances, staging and technicals. Looking forward to your next visit”
“Superb performance in every possible way. Congratulations to you all. Awesome – so refreshing!”
“Excellent – very well done”

The Grange, Newnham-on-Severn
“Janet and Adrian thought the play was very good and excellent and please come again”
“Absolutely excellent – ace performances”
“Wonderful – brilliant – just great – superb!”
“I enjoyed it very much and it was very good and I hope you can come again very soon”
The Market Theatre, Ledbury
“Adam Timms is a lovely boy”

Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
“The production was fantastic, Brilliant acting.”
“Absolutely blown away! Thanks for tackling such a subject sensitively and truthfully. Every aspect of this production – acting, direction, technical – was top class. Please keep North Wales firmly on your agenda”

Ravens Theatre, Leighton Buzzard
“Brilliant – quite brilliant!”
“A very powerful production – very thought provoking – thank you”
“WOW! Fantastic – much to think about, god knows”
“Wonderful production and so, so meaningful too – well well done!”
“An amazing mix of humour and thought provoking impact from four very talented actors”
“As usual a fab show. Very enjoyable and thought provoking! See you next year”
“Very enjoyable – looking forward to next year’s show”
“It was GREAT!!!”
“You were all absolutely wonderful again – thank you so much!”
“I came to see ‘Chasing Rainbows’ and really it enjoyed it – and once again Hijinx you have given me food for thought a great theatrical feast – thank you”
“A great performance – very moving, well done”
“Well done, good work for every one”

Newport Gateway Club
“Very thought provoking!”
“Brilliant really enjoyed it. Sara shone as usual”
“It was brilliant and very good cast”

Impact Theatre
“Very good, really love it and deep meaningful”
“Very really excellent”
“Brilliant, well done everybody”
“Fantastic show. We both really enjoyed it. Good luck! All the best!”
“Brill!!! Love it!! It inspired me!”
“What a super show – the script, the choreography, the acting – as a mother of a Down’s young man… it gave a wonderful message… tear jerking in a big way. Congratulations to all involved – well worth the ten quid!!”
“Fantastic acting – well done you’s!”
“Absolutely flippin’ fantastic!!!!”

Coleg Elidyr
“Fabulous, lively, funny and sad”
“Very enjoyable – thank you”
“Beautiful”
“Very Good”
“Students/Learners loved it – well done”

Stourport Civic Centre
“I liked the dancing and I liked – very good – I enjoyed it”
“Relevant subject for today – brilliant, did the job”
“Family carers should see this. We all need our independence”
“Lovely – I loved it”
“Inspiring – saddening too”
“Sara was brilliant – Well done”
“”The cast was brilliant – they signed my programme”
“Music was good and more pleased”
“As usual a very thought provoking performance looking at relevant and current issues facing people. Thinking now about people’s future is so important – don’t let strangers make decisions for your loved ones”
“It was fantastic – I like it all – thank you”
“Fabulous show – came three years ago – tonight’s story done well and very moving”
“Absolutely fabulous – thanks to everyone”
“Always a pleasure to see your shows. Many thanks”
“It was really good it was sad but happy at the end”
“I liked the music and the dancing”
“Very good play – very real – very moving – thank you”

Norbury Theatre
“I always enjoy them [Hijinx shows]. They are absolutely fabulous!”
“It is very show today – I always enjoy them they are absolutely fabulous”
“Brilliant. Very Good. I hope people got the message. We still have many older parents – they need to see this!”
“As always – wonderful”
“Fabulous – very good – the dancing…..”
“I like Dilys & Ken”
“I liked it all”
“I liked the lady shouting and dancing”

Wyeside Arts Centre
“Excellent show – well presented. Taught us a lot of lessons! Thank you to an excellent and inspiring company”
“What can I say – as a parent of a child with a learning disability you really made us think. It hit me in my heart. Beautiful performance – Thank you”
“A very touching and beautifully acted play – brought tears to my eyes. What a lovely, delightful actress Sara is”
“Absolutely wonderful – inspiring, thought provoking and beautifully acted as usual – congratulations!”

Oakfield Park School
“Very enjoyable – Josh enjoyed it very much – favourite….all of it!”
“Very realistic. Thoroughly enjoyable”
“This is an excellent production. I am a nurse but did not fully understand the excellent work you do. A five-star production”
“This is a very excellent and a very educative play. It got me in tears about how the brother could not come to terms with his big sister’s condition”
“The play was fantastic. I appreciate that it is not easy to speak in front of people, having been tongue tied myself. The actors really got into their roles”
“Very very good – I really believed in the characters”
“Excellent production – really enjoyed it”
“Fantastic performance – well done to everyone involved – looking forward to next year”
“Fantastic performance – it gets better each year”
“The first time I have been to see one, but it won’t be the last – a fantastic evening”
“Fantastic play – tear jerking and feelgood”
“Thoroughly enjoyed the play. I believe a real message was given – it makes you think”
“Excellent as usual – really powerful and a joy to watch!”

Severdale School, Shrewsbury
“A world in black and white”
“Very good end”
“Very good”
“Wonderful”
“Fantastic”
“I like the part is fantastic – is you are fun to watch”
“Loved it – it made me cry!”
“It is very good and interesting – good performance”
“Fantastic – will stay in my memory for some time”
“It was fab, ace and brill – I loved the show”
“Excellent play that was full of emotions and really got to my heartstrings”
“Wonderful, moved me to tears”
“Excellent – very thought provoking”
“Wonderful – thank you. A great performance”
“Very good – excellent – it made you think”
“It was absolutely wonderful – thought provoking and emotional”
“Certainly food for thought – excellent”
“It makes you renew your resolve”
“Wonderful performance with some talented people and an inspiration to all of us”
“Lovely performance – it really makes you think. It happened to me when my sister in law was left like that and I had to look after her and try and understand her needs- but she has got a life now”
“Absolutely fab – emotional”
“What an inspiration to all – I work at Severndale and my eyes have been opened. Words alone cannot express the joy I experienced tonight – thank you all”
“What a fantastic evening – well done to all of you”
“Oh my god… Fantastic, great, amazing!”

Weston Studio – Wales Millennium Centre
“Outstanding once again- Hijinx alight with poetry and insight! Thank you so much”
“Thank you for opening our souls a little bit more again”
“Perfformiad ardderchog! Wonderful performance. Thoroughly enjoyed! Will be coming again for future performances – diolch yn fawr iawn”
“I loved this show! My brother and sister have autism so I know how Ken feels. Everything was so lovely and different”
“It was beautiful, you had me in tears – well done”
“Excellent!”
“We come to all of your performances but we believe that this one was the strongest yet! More please!”
“Amazing, very moving and inspiring”
“So glad I saw it, it was fab”
“It was tops – left with a lovely warm feeling, congratulations to all”
“Well done for a fab show”
“Fantastic play! Really really enjoyed”
“Bloody fantastic – congratulations”
“Fabulous! Dai awn”
“Well done Glany – I understood – absolutely great”
”Much better than anything I’ve ever seen!”
“Gwych Sara! Pob lwc yn gwaith dydd llun”
“Vamos – Espana!”
“Superb, so moving – best theatre I remember”
“Fabulous, very strong show with excellent performances from all the actors – more please!”
“Congratulations on an excellent show. Loved the transitions between scenes/depicting changes and the physicality of the performers – detail of characterisation – the umbrella becoming the bus handle was magic too!”
“Really moving, engaging and engrossing show. Loved the inventive and colourful set, poignant music and fantastic performances from all involved – well done” Also loved the repetition in the text”
“Excellent production and very true to life”
“Absolutely brilliant – very close to home”
“Really loved it! Loved the way the set was utilised as different things and the transitions when the washing lines moved”
“My brother had a learning disability – sadly he passed away 3 years ago. My parents are still alive bet found it difficult. I think in making contingency plans for Simon. ‘Into My Own’ very accurately portrays the emotions and feelings that families encounter when trying to do what is best for their relative with a disability. Remembering that a learning disability does not mean a disability of being able to make decisions”

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