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Complicite's A Disappearing Number Press Reviews

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“A thrilling, thrilling, thrilling play” David Finkel, Washington Post

“Quietly mesmerizing…lucid, dynamic and continuously engaging” Charles Isherwood, New York Times

“Technically dazzling and beautifully staged” Frank Scheck, New York Post

“Abstract ideas effortlessly inform the human dramas, and the whole, impressive production is even greater than the sum of its marvellous parts” Jennifer Farrar, The Examiner

“Marvelously acted and often deliciously comic piece… A Disappearing Number is a wonder and one I cannot recommend too highly.” Daily Telegraph

“Mind-bending and heart-stopping” The Independent

“Brilliant, miraculously fluid new show makes mind-blowing theatre out of maths; it teases your brain whilst breaking your heart.” Mail on Sunday

“Extraordinary, beautiful piece of theatre…superlatively acted production captures minds and hearts.” Evening Standard

Press Reviews

5 STARS A Disappearing Number , Julie Carpenter, Daily Express

4 STARS A Disappearing Number , Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

A Disappearing Number , The Arts Desk.

A Disappearing Number , The British Theatre Guide.

Human (and Mathematical) Equations, Charles Isherwood, NY Times.

A Disappearing Number, Theater Mania.

Math geniuses are richly human, in Simon McBurney’s multimedia drama 'A Disappearing Number' Washington Examiner.

A Disappearing Number, NY Post.


A Disappearing Number dazzles, New Jersey Newsroom.