'A striking and sensitive debut, with an important and authentic story... it's tender, at times heart-burstingly so, but it's also much more than that... something a little bit special'
* The Stage *
'A sad, sweet story about the things we can't let go, the things we leave behind, and the things that won't let us go... beautiful and wonderful'
* Broadway Baby *
'An arresting debut... a compact but complex thing, which tackles the complexity of lifelong friendships, gentrification and the fundamental question of what is home... a tender and sharp evocation of the ache of time'
* Time Out *
'A terrific debut... has almost Chekhovian overtones as the protagonists decide whether they should stay or go. It feels like a play written straight from the heart and one which questions our and its characters' relationship with the countryside and whether it is based on reality or nostalgia'
* Independent *
'A tender debut... skipping through an inconstant friendship, Blackthorn charts Britain's rural decline and its urban rise: a widening chasm at the country's heart...keenly felt and delicately done'
* WhatsOnStage *
'Achingly honest... Charley Miles' debut play is, on the surface, sweet and gentle, yet contains a pointed message about the gentrification of farming communities'
* The Skinny *
