julian spooner

Project dictator

★★★★★ WhatsOnStage “Wells and Spooner are vivid, athletic and sensational”

★★★★ The Stage “Spooner and Wells attack the piece with huge physical energy and, in places, real subtlety. Seamlessly shifting gears…”

★★★★ The Scotsman “Pitch-perfect”

★★★★★ British Theatre Guide “What Rhum + Clay Directors Julian Spooner and Matthew Wells accomplish over the course of what follows is incredible. A devised performance that is as hilarious as it is heart-breaking, as deeply intimate as it is universal.”

Mistero Buffo

Winner: The Stage Award for Acting Excellence

In 2018, Julian followed in the footsteps of the likes of Daniel Kitson, Monica Dolan and Phoebe Waller-Bridge by winning a coveted Stage Award for Acting Excellence for his performance in Mistero Buffo.

Reviews:

★★★★★ Matt Trueman, WhatsOnStage “This is, in short, a tour de force. Spooner, spinning between characters and sweating like a trooper … It's a shapeshifting, body-popping, mesmerising performance; drilled to perfection.”

★★★★★ The Stage - “Magnificent”

★★★★ The Guardian -“Spooner responds with an enthralling chameleonic performance”

★★★★★ British Theatre Guide, Broadway Baby, Edinburgh Guide

One of The Guardian’s and The Stage's “Best Shows at the Edinburgh Festival 2018”

The War of the Worlds

★★★★ The Observer “Julian Spooner, who co-directs with Hamish MacDougall, is outstanding in his varied roles”

★★★★ The Guardian “directed by Hamish MacDougall and Julian Spooner, the show is deft and ingenious”

★★★★ The Stage “Julian Spooner and Hamish McDougall’s devised piece features some superb ensemble work”

★★★★ WhatsOnStage “The cast of four makes for a whirling multi-roling ensemble, especially Julian Spooner who captures Welles' twangs to a t.”

Exeunt Magazine “The ensemble’s synchronicity is mesmerising”

TESTOSTERONE

Winner of the Pleasance Indie for Best Theatre Production, Edinburgh 2017

Selected as part of the British Council Showcase 2017

Lyn Gardner in The Guardian “a refreshing, genuinely smart piece of work, full of undercutting humour”

Exeunt Magazine “slick and inventive”

★★★★ British Theatre Guide "This is a strong and important production that’s also highly entertaining."

★★★★★ A Younger Theatre "a daring, funny, brilliant play"

Total Theatre "a really impressive and important piece of work."

★★★★★ Review Hub "a striking piece of theatre that is as entertaining as it is insightful"

★★★★★ Edinburgh Guide "Playful, energetic physical style... this personal story is a heroic exercise in theatre."

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