“Three women gather round a picturesque boulder in the Irish countryside – three generations of the same family. Each of them, Katie in the present, Triona in the sixties and Cat in the thirties, is caught at a moment when their futures seem fixed and their worlds stable. Surprisingly, the play, premiered in Dublin in 1999, receives its UK premiere under Michael Cabot’s perfectly paced and atmospheric direction. This is helped immeasurably by Kerry Bradley’s design, a circle of perfectly rendered Irish countryside. The heart of the production comes from the three actresses, who exquisitely create an utterly convincing family line. Annemarie Gaillard is naive, bubblingly youthful Cat but is clearly the mother and grandmother the others knew. Julie Hale is prim and proper Triona to sublime perfection. Lisa Burrows oozes confident maturity as Katie, whose novels have love in the title even if there’s none in her life. This enchanting, life-affirming, moving and often very funny production is an absolute treat.”
Victor Hallett – The Stage 

“There is a complicated twist to the story as three women meet at an intersection of their lives as grandmother, her daughter and the granddaughter. But such is Leonard’s skill with words that this conceit is easy to follow, once you accept that the youngest on stage is the grandmother. In a way it is a memory play where life had to be lived forward into a future but understood backwards. Many, many of the lines ring true and you could sense the intake of breath and recognition. That was the power of Leonard’s play and the fine work of Michael Cabot as director, Annemarie Gaillard as the youngest grandmother, Cat, with her bubbly enthusiasms and lies about her lack of a past. Julie Hale (who plays Terry Deegan in Fair City) was a prickly snobbish achiever of a mother Triona. Lisa Burrows brought a modern freedom to the grandmother Katie. This company had the honour to present the UK premiere of this play and long may they continue to visit Waterford with such excellent productions.”
Liam Murphy – Munster Express