Reviews
Me and My Girl, London Palladium, Eyebrow Productions, 2008
Evening Standard: "Such was the urgency, enthusiasm and talent, this production managed to inject new life into Stephen Fry and Mike Ockrent’s 1984 revision of a 71-year-old warhorse...The big numbers were all-singing, all-dancing romps, just as they should be. By the happy ending, cast and audience had enjoyed themselves as much as the other." ****
Horst Buchholz and Other Stories, Union of Shorts - The Best of the Bunch!, Union Theatre, 2007
The Stage: "A vintage selection of new writing...showcasing some fine character acting. Stand-out roles are Stephen Glover as George, a sad loser-turned-winner, and Emily Patry as the lovelorn Jules."
Extra Extra!: "A deliciously neat little feast...Stephen Glover as the pitiable George delivered a very creditable performance."
Anorak of Fire, Arts Theatre London and National Tour, 2B Theatre Company, 2007
Newark Advertiser: "Stephen Glover relished the role of trainspotter Gus Gascoigne...never a dull moment."
BBC Nottingham: "Stephen Glover gives a very convincing and empathic portrayal of Gus. You genuinely feel for him as he tells tales of both humour and sadness...amusing and strangly gripping...a thought provoking yet funny show."
Remotegoat.co.uk: "Stephen Glover gives an assured performace, thoroughly believable as the trainspotting obsessed Gus Gascoigne. Within the first moments...he draws the audience into the world of the spotter. Together, the two Stephens (Dinsdale the writer and Glover the actor) have created a very engaging window onto that world." ****
The Hype Magazine: "An uplifting and entertaining one man comedy show. Stephen Glover gives a highly commendable performance as Gus...entirely convincing throughout."
My London Your London: "Glover is an engaging presence on stage."
Twelfth Night, National Tour, Rain or Shine Theatre Company, 2007
Gloucestershire Echo: "Malvolio is played with hilarious dourness by Stephen Glover...Rain or Shine again excelled."
Blackpool Gazette: "Malvolio - a lugubrious, comically inventive Stephen Glover. (Rain) did nothing to dampen the energy and livliness of the production."
Newcastle Evening Cronicle: "Stephen Glover stood out as the evil-tempered servant Malvolio."
The Stage: "Rain or Shine’s al fresco production of Twelfth Night gets the Kington Festival off to a scintillating start. The company’s reputation for exuberant, inventive Shakespeare is well deserved. The acting throughout is perceptive and persuasive. An exhilarating and very intriguing evening."
The Independent: "Full of deft comedy....an engaging production that makes the play fully accessible."
A Karaoke Wedding, Union Theatre, Eat The Cake Productions, 2007
The Stage: "(A Karaoke Wedding) continues the Union Theatre’s fine tradition of gritty, budget musicals. Stephen Glover’s infuriatingly irresponsible priest drives the comic tension that in the best tradition of musical fun brings everyone together for a feel-good happy ending."
Southwark News: "A fantastic piece of musical theatre. The pleasure is undending; the amusement is laugh-out-loud...I'd defy anyone not to leave the Union Theatre with a big smile on their face. Don't miss this."
Theatreworld Internet Magazine: "This hilarious musical...Harry Blake's tunes and lyrics are tap-along-to catchy. A Karaoke Wedding is a must see!"
Time Out: "Satirically perfect."
Extra Extra!: "This production is entertaining and humorous. Harry Blake's musical score contains a multitude of witty and satirical numbers, accentuating a gifted and jovial cast...A Karaoke Wedding will leave you with a big grin on your face."
Reviews Gate: "Not all karaoke is bad, as an evening at the Union will prove...an energetic and humour-filled view of marriage in the noughties. The cast deliver an energetic, thoroughly enjoyable show."
The Great Sleigh Robbery, Brentwood Theatre, 2006
The Stage: "John Trent Wallace’s sparkling score opens this elfin toy box of delights...Stephen Glover’s transvestite villainess Titania Vamp, all full length monochrome fur and feathered headdress to die for, chews the scenery."
Brentwood Gazette: "Brilliant entertainment...a sparkling original score."
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Brentwood Theatre and The Fortune Theatre, 2006
Brentwood Gazette: "I watched history being made this week...an astonishing show."
Romford Recorder: "Instead of morbid laments, Elegies produced a series of bite-sized, thought provoking, and sometimes comical stories...an uplifting experience."
Brentwood News: "Emotions were displayed with frightening reality...each of the 50 characters rose to the occasion with finesse and style."
Puss in Boots, The Theatre Chipping Norton, 2005
Oxford Times: "Mognificent! A delightfully traditional panto packing in the crowds. A standard normally found only in top-flight West End musicals. Stephen Glover does a nice line in outraged expressions...an excellent ensemble cast. Altogether, a real winner here."
Banbury Cake: "The perfect pantomine...it was difficult to pick a star of the show, but for me it was Stephen Glover as Widow Phyllis Miller."
Elizabeth Ardizzone (aged 10), Forest Farm School: "One of the best man-as-lady actors I have ever seen...it was super-duper!"
The Rover, Courtyard Theatre, Centurion Theatre Company, 2005
What's On in London: "A splendid ensemble staging...a sumptuous eyeful...the twelve-strong cast, equally matched, play the piece with infectious, roistering energy." ****
Islington Gazette: "If Restoration is your cup of tea, the Courtyard Theatre is a good venue to see this excellent production. Highly recommended."
Time Out: "An engaging production...(with) many charismatic performances."
As You Like It, Courtyard Theatre, Centurion Theatre Company, 2004
What's On in London: "A cast exceptionally good at reading Shakespeare's verse with conviction." ****
Islington Gazette: "Centurion Theatre Company's performance of As You Like It is, for want of a better word, a bit of a belter!"
Camden New Journal: "A strong cast...several enjoyable comic turns."
Doctor Faustus, Barons Court Theatre, 2004
Time Out: "Stephen Glover is suitably supercilious as the diabolical attaché, Mephistopheles."
Over The Edge, Queen's Building, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 2002
Varsity: "Over the Edge quirkily combines realism and absurdity...Stephen Glover, who remains on stage for almost the whole duration of the play, makes the most of his character's hopelessly pessimistic attitude."
Uncle Vanya, ADC Theatre, Cambridge, 2000
Cambridge Evening News: "Stephen Glover is the most hilarious and tragic character in this compelling production. He gives his character a childlike innocence which is simultaneously enchanting and the source of an observer's guilt."
A Dying Fall, ADC Theatre, Cambridge, 1999
Varsity: "A Dying Fall is a witty black comedy, peppered with surreal moments...Stephen Glover as the spaced-out Benny was a joy to watch. He alone managed to convincingly convey the weird humour that the play demanded."