AWARDS: LABELS
Winner: Scotsman Fringe First Award 2015
Winner: Holden Street Theatres Edinburgh Award 2015
Winner: Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2016 (Week 2)
Winner: Peace Foundation Award 2016
Winner: VAULT Festival 2017
Shortlisted: Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award
Shortlisted: Fringeworld Theatre Award, Perth
Shortlisted: Asian Arts Award 2016
Top 20 Edinburgh Shows 2015: The List
REVIEWS: LABELS
★★★★★ British Theatre Guide
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★★ Everything Theatre
★★★★★ The Upcoming
★★★★★ My Theatre Mates
★★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★★ Sunday Mail
★★★★★ Perth Now
★★★★ 1/2 The Advertiser
★★★★ 1/2 Reviews Hub
★★★★ 1/2 Glam Adelaide
★★★★ West End Wilma
★★★★ Whats On Stage
★★★★ In Daily
★★★★ Great Scott Media
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ The List
★★★★ Edinburgh Spotlight
REVIEWS: MONSTER
★★★★ A Younger Theatre
“… original and ambitious … takes hold of its audience in the first lines, and does not lose its grip until lights are out…”
★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“striking in its exploration of an important issue…putting across an important message…”
★★★★ The Stage
“Brimming with earnest, intelligent energy…”
★★★★ The Scotsman
“Intelligent and quizzical…gnaws away at an unknowable question…”
★★★★ Broadway Baby
“Sellman-Leava commands the space well…weaving in and out of di erent personas…”
★★★★ Fest
“Magnetic performance…”
REVIEWS: HOW TO START A RIOT
The Stage
Must See…
“explode our personal misconceptions of what a riot really is”
Fringe Review
★★★★★
“the ability of these performers is boundless”
Broadway Baby
★★★★★
“professionally stunning, this production shows there might be a better way to think about things.”
Fringe Guru
★★★★
“How to Start a Riot will shake you into rethinking any hastily formed opinions you may have harboured since the events of last year”
The List
★★★
“The real beauty of How to Start a Riot is watching that embryonic thought
process unfurl itself: a young brain starting to fizz with questions and inceptive ideas.”
The Scotsman
★★★
“When there have been so many attempts to establish the cause of the London riots by interviewing a small selection of individuals who took part in them, it’s refreshing to find a play that looks at the wider picture”