Below some of the audience feedback collated by Creative Arts East after a lunchtime performance of “Elvis in Blue Hawaii” at Bawdeswell Village Hall on March 21st 2024

• Such a good laugh, never laughed so much. Great entertainment
• Well rehearsed, very funny and brilliant singer
• Great entertainment – funny yet clever
• Really good show – thoroughly enjoyed the memories
• Excellent performance and audience involvement. Lots of laughs
• Fantastic. Super talented duo – Elvis and Priscilla bringing joy and hilarity to sleepy Norfolk
• It was hilarious, I enjoyed every minute
• Brill brill brill. Love more events at Bawdeswell, please book again! Best show I have seen – laughed lots
• Completely bonkers! Superb!
• The girl was very good – so much energy!
• Amazing show, Josephine was so funny
• Not at all what I expected but very enjoyable and entertaining, well done
• Brilliant show and we all enjoyed, hope they come again. Many thanks to everyone

“I was the photographer at tonight’s fringe performance. Compelled to write a quick email just to say my face still hurts from smiling so hard and laughing so much. You are brilliant and the show is amazing. That was a wonderful end to a busy weekend!” Nick Spratling, Chippenham Fringe Feb 25th 2024

“We went to see your show in Malmesbury last night. We didn’t know what to expect- but WOW – we didn’t expect such a treat!!  What a wonderful, uplifting, hilarious show – with terrific singing too! It was such a special evening. You and Joe are so talented and the humour was so warm and zany! I absolutely loved it! Thank you !”  Audience member Malmesbury Town Hall 2nd December 2023

“Thank you Ian Pollock and Josephine Cunningham for entertaining us last night at the Perry Como Social Club we had a blast If you’ve not seen this fabuulously funny piece of theatre and it comes to a venue near you. Get tickets and go see, you won’t be disappointed. Another Beaford success ” Audience Member Beaford tour November 17th 2023

Below some of the audience feedback collated by GL4 after a performance of “Elvis in Blue Hawaii” at Matson Rugby Club on 26th September 2023

• I haven’t laughed that much in ages, brilliant!
• I laughed until I wet myself, being a hula girl was fab, something for everyone
• Great show, I laughed from start to finish
• Never laughed so much, need to charge a bit more
• Loved it, very funny too, fabulous involvement with the audience
• Very funny, entertaining, cross generational
• So unexpected, what a brilliant evening
• Brilliant show and very funny and entertaining
• This is a perfect example of when people say culture and theatre isn’t for them…they’re wrong!
• What a night, a privilege to see this interaction with audience to create uproaring humour
• Absolute chaos, brilliant!

“Went to Atherington village hall to watch Spitz & Co last night in their show “Elvis in Blue Hawaii”. Am not sure I’ve laughed so hard for years. I got to play a bridesmaid and Bill was a rock guitar playing hula girl. But the real joy was in experiencing the genius of this company. Brilliant clowning and the most beautifully crafted piece of theatre. Highest possible recommendation for when they return to N Devon in November with this show. It’s presented by Beaford and will be at Dolton village hall Sat Nov 28th and Parracombe village hall Frid 17th Nov…Put the dates on your calendar now. Choose one and book. You’ll thank me!!” (Multi Story -Facebook Sept 24th 2023)

Review of So Festival, Skegness and Mablethorpe 2023   – Lincolnshire World (June 2023)

“What an amazing show, I had a face ache from laughing so much.”  Audience Member Wardrobe Theatre (March 2023)

“Thanks so much for the wonderful evening you gave us. It was Nathan’s 10th Birthday and he said it was the best Birthday ever. I haven’t laughed so much in ages it was real medicine. You were just the most talented duo.”  Audience Member Wardrobe Theatre (March 2023)

“Just had to send you a message to say how much we loved last nights show, have talked about it and and will relish the memory.  Just a wonder joyous funny uplifting and energetic performance. We had no idea what to expect and We loved it  We will definitely come again.”  Audience Member Wardrobe Theatre (March 2023)

Total Theatre Magazine  review Out There Festival – September 2022 – Dorothy Max Prior

On to the more regular festival shows now. Flying the flag for classic street theatre come Spitz & Co, previously seen at Out There Festival 2019 with the fabulous Les Gloriables, which referenced and deconstructed Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. The company’s latest work, Blue Hawaii, is also a two-hander. The subject this time is Elvis Presley – or rather, it merges the stories of Elvis and an Elvis impersonator who is remaking the film Blue Hawaii, played here by (yes!) a well-known Elvis impersonator, Joe Reeve. And I’ll say here that my walk home at 10pm the previous evening taught me that Elvis is alive and well and living in Yarmouth – almost every pub I passed was either playing Elvis tunes or had an Elvis impersonator performing live. So naturally, this show goes down very well with the local crowd. Joe Reeve as Elvis/the Elvis impersonator sings brilliantly and works very well with Spitz mainstay Suzie Donkin, whose alter-ego Josephine Cunningham plays everyone else – tour manager, girlfriend, fan or whatever (game-playing within game-playing here). As with Les Gloriables, there’s a great deal of fourth-wall breaking and stepping in and out of the action, emphasising the fact that a show is being created live in front of our very eyes, in a public space. Costumes (Hawaiian shirts, glittery jumpsuits) are tugged on and off, in full view or behind deliberately inadequate screens that hide nothing. Audience members are drawn in to the action – blow-up dolphins are crowd-surfed, people are serenaded, and there’s a very lovely scene featuring a pre-schoolers’ air-guitar contest that morphs into choosing a band to back Elvis. We always feel that we are in safe hands, and Suzie AKA Josephine in particular has an enviable ability to respond in the moment to whatever is happening in the space, with true street theatre sassiness and know-how.

“We both thought you were brilliant at beautiful days festival, I’m still laughing at baby Elvis’s hair  “(Audience member ) August 2022

“An absolutely brilliant show!!! I laughed until I cried!!!  “(Audience Member)  JUne 2022

“On Friday, a small group of Runnickers crossed the M5 boundary to enter the village of Slimbridge. It was now or never, but our suspicious minds were soon eased when we found the hall and were greeted by our very own Susie aka Josephine, Pa and Melanie. We certainly weren’t lonesome that night, as a full house had turned out to watch this brilliant show. A little less conversation but plenty of audience participation, and we couldn’t help falling in love with Elvis, as we tapped our blue suede shoes and shook rattled and rolled our way through a hilarious evening.” –  Christine Brown – Randwick Runner – April 2022

Susan Comer-Jones
March 7th 2020
I just wanted to thank you,Lise and Angus for the wonderful show you put on in Hatch Beauchamp on Saturday.
There have been lots of emails and comments from those who went saying how funny,brilliant acting,fun etc etc

Piers Allan to Spitz & Co
January 18, 2020
Brilliant evening at Chedworth tonight; well done ladies

Kate Danielson to Spitz & Co
January 17, 2020
Go and see Les Gloriables by the amazingly funny @spitzandco @susiedonkin. Thanks @SubRoomsStroud for a great night out last night!

‎Kahunadad D Vader‎ to Spitz & Co.
December 31, 2019 at 7:56 AM ·
What a brilliant piece of theatre’, I thoroughly love their zany, madcap take on the remakes of cinematic (NOT MUSICALS) productions. I have been to see 3 of Spitz&Co productions with my daughter and laughed my socks off on every occasion. I love the audience participation involvement, especially when one is invited onto the stage to assist with the performance and a cheeky kiss is stolen in a moment of theatrical performance passion by the heroine of the play.
I think everyone should go and see them to lighten their hearts and infuse some laughter. Thank you.

‎P James Snopek‎ to Spitz & Co.
December 30, 2019 at 9:39 PM ·
Saw Les Gloriables for the second time in a week tonight, best thing I have seen this year!!

Hilary Neve to Spitz & Co
December 18th
Brilliantly silly, clever and very funny. Get a ticket!

‎Eleanor Taylor‎ to Spitz & Co.
December 16, 2019 at 2:14 PM ·
I saw this team for the first time on Saturday. They are hilarious.
So funny. Must see.
THANK YOU!!!

‎Sean Waters‎ to Spitz & Co.
December 13, 2019 at 9:52 PM ·
Thoroughly enjoyed Les Gloriables and was absolutely thrilled to be part of the show! Would love to another show of yours again! 🇳🇱😁

One Plymouth  – The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth  December 2019  Les Gloriables Review

Reviewsgate – The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth  December 2019  Les Gloriables Review

Sara Lamerton review – The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth  December 2019  Les Gloriables

@JabbMarket – We loved Les Gloriables at @SIRFS_Stockton yesterday and so sensitively handled.  Huge congratulations.  August 3rd 2019  https://twitter.com/JabbMarket/status/1157606084951117824?s=20

Bright Minds Big Futures – Hilarious performance of Les Gloriables by @spitzandco at SIRF19.  Thanks for getting us involved! August 2nd 2019 (Les Gloriables outdoor show)

https://twitter.com/WWconsortium/status/1157672072002146304?s=20 – August 4th 2019 (Les Gloriables outdoor show)

https://twitter.com/ginnygingin20/status/1157788799591682048?s=20 – August 4th 2019 (Ls Gloriables outdoor show)

Richard and Nathalie Dakin May 26th 2019 (Les Gloriables – Outdoor Show) We saw the show (a few times) in salisbury. This is perfect for the full family !  kids aged 8 and 10 loved it, teen loved it and parents loved it.