Our Boys opens at the Duchess Theatre
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[**OUR BOYS**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1121/Our-Boys-tickets.aspx) opens at the [**Duchess Theatre, London**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/50/Duchess-Theatre.aspx). The play, written by Jonathan Lewis is to be directed by David Grindley and star Laurence Fox, Arthur Darvill and Cian Barry.
*These are quotes from reviews of the original production of the* ***OUR BOYS****.*
“Full of muscle and feeling. Highly recommended.” *Sunday Times*
“The characters crackle with life. Exhilarating in its apparent spontaneity.”*The Times*
“Very sharply written, bristles with one-liners.” *The Independent*
“Awakens nostalgia as well as indignation; though nothing in my memory can match Lewis’ jokes.” *Independent on Sunday*
“The sheer snap and crackle of the writing – crude, rude, funny and vibrant – lifts this well above the usual bedpan drama.” *The Guardian*
“Lewis’ remarkable achievement… he has written some of the funniest dialogue presently to be heard on the West End stage.” *Sunday Express*
“There is no mistaking the production’s raw power, its humour and its bracing pity. Army recruitment officers will loathe Our Boys. Almost everyone else is likely to be bowled over.” *Daily Telegraph*
“Lewis draws all his characters with sharply defined and often killingly funny insights. As heartbreaking as it is hilarious and I cannot recommend it too strongly.” *Daily Mail*
“A darkly gripping thriller. Dirty, funny and heartbreakingly realistic.” *Mail On Sunday*
“Thoroughly genuine and extremely funny.” *Time Out*
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