As Ariadne, Fran Burgoyne sails into the comedy, exuding Edwardian vanity, and yet the ruthlessness with which she destroys her ineffectual husband is brutal"

There’s also nicely pitched work from Fran Burgoyne as their sister-in-law Natasha, who transforms from awkward outsider into monstrous despot — and seems a chilling embodiment of the banality of evil.

The tour leader, played with patronising comicality by Fran Burgoyne, reeks of artificiality"

Blossoming from awkward incomer to imperious opportunist: the moment when she callously dismisses the old nanny is shocking."

Burgoyne delivers a standout performance as the E. M. U.: not only convincing us of her true robotic identity, but also of her counterfeit humanity.

Burgoyne gives a remarkable impersonation of a young girl, finding a combination of gaucheness and innocent energetic enthusiasm in  that is very endearing