“A fine example of onscreen theatre wrought with the suspense of live drama and employing the aesthetics of film... The edge-of-the-seat effect is also down to the tautness of McKenna’s script, with its blend of revelation and withholding, and the intense and nuanced performances... Thrillingly baroque. Ultimately it explores the traumatic ripples of both crime and punishment and the difference between retributive and restorative justice.”

“Shaun McKenna’s text is full of cold calculating suspense, intertwined with pangs of heartache and fear, delicately balanced without too much exposition ... An intriguingly complex play, Rocky Road feels like a perfect mix between the exploration of theatre (to which we are finally returning) and the subtleties of recorded media. Without a doubt this is one that will keep me thinking for weeks to come.”

“This is an intelligent and ambitious piece of digital theatre ... it had me asking questions of what I was seeing throughout, trying to figure out who to trust and whether we really remain the same people all our lives.

A deeply unsettling piece of drama which strives to do something rather noirish with the theatre space and with the sense that revenge may not always be the best medicine. A fine, economical script will keep you guessing and the performers bring out the best and the worst of their characters, so it is not always clear where our sympathies should lie.”