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"Octopus Soup! is a breath of fresh airThere’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 laughsAn 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

OCTOPUS SOUP! STILL SELLING OUT IN PRAGUE—AND HEADING FOR THE WEST END?

Big news from the theatre world! Our comedy Octopus Soup! (or COŽ TAKHLE DÁT SI CHOBOTNICI? in Czech) has been making waves at the Kalich Theatre in Prague—where it’s been playing to sold-out audiences for an incredible 18 months!

My co-writer, Mark, and I were there for opening night, and despite not understanding a word, we were blown away by the production. The actors and directors have truly made it their own, and judging by the audience’s laughter, it’s been a hilarious hit.

And here’s the exciting part—this success has fired us up to complete a brand-new rewrite of Octopus Soup!, and we’re gearing up for a West End run next year. Let’s just say, the new script is absolutely banging—a non-stop laughter machine that we can’t wait to see on stage again.

Meanwhile, if you’re in Prague, there’s still time to catch the show—no closing date in sight!

(Here’s a pic of Mark and me outside the theatre—soaking it all in!)

#OctopusSoup #TheatreMagic #ComedyGold #WestEndBound

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