‘A blistering performance from Samantha Spiro as a fiercely intelligent Beatrice full of late-blooming brio. You really do believe a star danced in the heavens when she was born.’

'Plenty of laughs…a robustly funny, fast-paced production.’

‘Samantha Spiro was surely born to play the rapier-witted Beatrice... she fires out her lines delightfully and entirely dominates the stage.’

‘The Open Air Theatre exists as a lovely way to spend a summer’s evening and with this it certainly succeeds.’

‘Samantha Spiro is an energetic and intelligent Beatrice... a stellar performance.’