Piers Black’s new play I’m Not Being Funny closed at Bristol Old Vic on Saturday. The play had transferred to Bristol Old Vic earlier this month after a successful run at Bush Theatre in London.
The play received terrific reviews throughout both runs. Here are some of the highlights:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ “By the end, the play leaves the audience feeling emotionally drained in the best way—laughing, uncomfortable, and deeply moved all at once.” – London Theatre Reviews
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “a poignant piece of new theatre with profound heart” – West End Best Friend
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “painful and beautiful without tipping into sentimentality” – Stage Talk Magazine
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Black’s writing is a delicious concoction of humour, wit, heart, emotion and intensity.” – Theatre Weekly
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I’m Not Being Funny lands on something both honest and generous” – All That Dazzles
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Piers Black’s writing navigates the difficult balance between humour and grief with real humanity” – Everything Theatre
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “a genuinely moving foray into the world of hope and what might be” – London Box Office
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “both hilarious and emotionally vulnerable” – A Youngish Perspective
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “a solid theatrical achievement” – London Box Office
