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REVIEWS
“IT IS KAVANAGH HOWEVER, AS THE EERIE ARBITER, THAT AUDIENCES WILL REMEMBER, A SMOOTH BUT LETHAL MONSTER REVELLING IN THE PAIN BUT UNWAVERING IN HIS TASK.”
- THE CONVERT, Above The Stag.
“THE COMEDY IS OUTSTANDING - NO ONE DELIVERS IT HARDER AND BETTER THAN THE WONDERFUL BEN KAVANAGH AS DRY, SARCASTIC RAY. HIS PERFORMANCE IS WORTH THE ADMISSION FEE ALONE - THE AUDIENCE WERE IN CONSTANT STITCHES FROM HIS OUTSTANDING ONE-LINERS, AND HIS DELIVERY IS STUNNING.”
- PARTY, Above The Stag
“STEALING THE SHOW WITH A TOUR DE FORCE PIECE OF CHARACTER CREATIVITY, IS BEN KAVANAGH AS RAY. KAVANAGH WIELDS WIT LIKE A MASTER SWORDSMAN, BITCHING AND LEERING WITH ASTONISHING COMIC PRECISION, AND ALSO PROVIDING SURPRISINGLY HEARTFELT TESTIMONY WHEN PRESENTED WITH A PROBING TRUTH CHALLENGE. SUPERB.”
- PARTY, Above The Stag
"BEN KAVANAGH GIVES AN EXCEPTIONAL, NOTE-PERFECT PERFORMANCE IN THE ROLE, COMBINING COLD CALCULATION WITH AN INSINUATING CHARISMA THAT CHARMS AND HORRIFIES IN EQUAL MEASURE.”
- Othello, New London Company
"KAVANAGH’S MACBETH IS SO SUBTLE EVERY DOUBT WHISPERED AND EVERY GLANCE DRAWS THE AUDIENCE INWARDS –IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST. THE DIRECTORIAL SKILL IS SO HIGH, AND KAVANAGH’S ACTING (ALONGSIDE AN EQUALLY TALENTED CAST) SO EFFECTIVE, THAT THE AUDIENCE ARE COMPLICIT IN EVERY SINGLE ACTION THAT OCCURS ONSTAGE...KAVANAGH ENGAGES THE AUDIENCE WITH SUCH SUCCESS THAT WE FEEL INVOLVED YET HELPLESS, SWEPT UP ALONGSIDE MACBETH IN HIS QUEST FOR POWER.”
- Macbeth, A Younger Theatre
"BEN KAVANAGH GAVE US AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB IAGO... KAVANAGH’S DELIVERY MADE THE VERSE MODERN AND HE COMPLEMENTED IT WITH AN ARRAY OF IMPECCABLY TIMED MOUES, SHRUGS, ARCHED EYEBROWS AND SIDEWAYS GLANCES. QUITE MESMERIZING!”
- Othello, New London Company
"IT WAS BEN KAVANAGH WHO STOLE THE SHOW AS CLARENCE CUTLER. HE PLAYS THE PERFECT VILLAIN. A GOOD COMEDY ACTOR ONLY HAS TO LOOK AT AN AUDIENCE TO HAVE THEM IN STITCHES. THIS IS SOMETHING BEN EXCELLED AT.”
- BOY MEETS BOY at Jermyn Street Theatre
"SPECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO BEN KAVANAGH AS VLADIMIR. KAVANAGH DELIVERED THE SINGLE BEST PERFORMANCE THIS JADED WANKER HAS SEEN FOR A LONG TIME - A BALL OF NERVOUS ENERGY, HANDS CLENCHING, EYES FLICKERING, ALL THE WHILE MAKING NEW SENSE OUT OF SOME PRETTY DENSE MATERIAL.”
- Waiting for Godot, ADC Theatre
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