"Octopus Soup! is a breath of fresh air There’s never a dull moment and lots of laughs. Fine acting, excellent comic timing and a fast-paced plot. A good old Brit comedy"
UK Theatre Network
"Octopus Soup! will have you crying with laughter. If you long for a good belly laugh, then this brand-new British farce Octopus Soup! is the performance to see"
Newstyle Radio
"Octopus Soup! easily earns its laughs An entertaining farce with a moral message that delivers on laughs… Plenty of entertaining physical comedy"
The Stage
“The actors are hilarious. The health effects of laughter are considerable, and the Theatre of Kotka gives an honorable contribution for a better health”
The Mummy - Kymen Sanomat, Finland
“…audience rewards the gags with constant laughter and applause.
The Mummy, a classic to live for five thousand years”
The Mummy - La Platea, Argentina
“A delightfully silly and gloriously entertaining evening.”
The Mummy - Reviewsgate
“If you long for a good belly laugh, then this brand-new British farce! Octopus Soup!… is the performance to see.”
Newstyle Radio
"From deepest, darkest, dangerous Egypt a legendary curse is stirring back into life and we're all going along for an outrageous, terrifying ride!" Now available from stagescripts.com
"I love the unpredictability of his writing across all his work that I have read. There is always an eccentric angle taken as he explores ideas and characters and that leads to strong and performable comedy."
Joe Harmston, theatre director
"There is a lot to love about Octopus Soup, including Marvin’s witty one-liners and Malapropisms and Gloria’s chaotic character”
Chalmers News PR
"The first thing we ask is whether the director can bring something a bit different, a vision that we never envisaged. Jack did that brilliantly for us with Maggie's End."
Ed Waugh co-author of Maggie's End
Derrick's Dilemma
<p> Venue: Old Red Lion Theatre</p>
<p><strong>"Milner writes a free flowing, humourous and entertaining play, cheekily and winningly performed by Ben Walden." </strong> <em>Helen Rose, Time Out. </em></p>
