An outstanding . . . play, David Harrower's Knives in Hens is set in a God-fearing, pre-industrial world and deals, passionately and intelligently with a woman's discovery of a language that corresponds with her feelings . . . A remarkable debut.

Guardian

David Harrower's remarkable debut as a professional dramatist creates a haunting, poetic and entirely individual world of its own. I have never seen a play quite like it. . . You leave the theatre in no doubt that you have watched one of the year's most heartening and accomplished debuts. Harrower already seems like a writer built to last.

Daily Telegraph

If one definition of a classic is that it constantly yields new meanings, then David Harrower's play deserves the title...****

The Guardian

It is an atmospheric, powerful piece.

Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage

I was awed by its linguistic verve...So watertight is the writing, though, that its profundity and mystery remain intact.

The Telegraph

...the language is taut and visceral and the dramatic impetus slow but inexorable.

Neil Norman, Express.com