All Audience Reviews of The Hills Of California

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Lusia Zielniewicz

The best play I’ve ever seenRead more →

Mark Winn

Brilliantly funny. Yet chilling at times A must seeRead more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Olivier Grau

Really good play, first half a little slow, picked up nicely in the second halfRead more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Mikki Burrell

Outstanding writing and performance. A poignant and thought provoking play.Read more →

Booked via Stagedoor

Andrea Ma

A family drama narrated through memories and music, as four sisters gather with their married families at their mother’s deathbed. Rob Howell’s splendid sets switch between the public parlour of the guesthouse for the 1970s action and the kitchen for the 1940s flashbacks.Read more →

Freddie S

A play about the weight of consequences, an emotional whirlwind, ultimately picking apart the idea of family duty. Thoroughly enjoyable with some really funny moments as well as tearjerkers. Not to be missed.Read more →

David Jones

Not Jerusalem good but still excellent. Well drawn characters snd a great gut punch revealRead more →

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enrico vlaic

The Webb sisters reunite in the family owned guesthouse in Blackpool in 1976 as their mother is dying. Flashbacks to the 50s explore the identities of the women. The first 2 acts revolve around the absence of Joan, one of the sisters, who moved to California and never came back. The relationship between the sisters is consumed by secrets and feelings they always kept to themselves regarding Joan's departure. If the play ended here I would have given it 5 stars. The 3rd act changes all. With the arrival of Joan we discover what really happened and who she really is. Great acting, not so great script.Read more →

OX2 Reviews

Really torn on this one. Acts 1 and 2 were wonderful - light-hearted and jovial at times but dark and sincere at others, with excellent acting from the lead casts. The third act falls away into melodrama in both acting and plotline. Felt really let down by the play’s resolution. Overall though, a good night, and worth seeing.Read more →

Stella Pullar-Strecker

Very witty and stylish family drama. Enjoyed the first half more than the second which dragged on a bit.Read more →

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Xuan Qin

The beginning is a bit hard to understand. But when comes back to the old days. It was interesting! Good play that shows relation between sisters and mother.Read more →

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Kevin Lloyd

Fabulously performed family drama, somewhat reminiscent of Tennessee Williams, about dreams, grief, abuse, the lies we tell ourselves and the ties that bind. The idiomatic dialogue trips along and clever staging swings literally between past and present providing the context both for hopes for something better and the realities of life. The Hills - the distant land over the sea - are totemic: an aspiration, an illusion, a refuge, perhaps something of a prison just as much as a run down boarding house in Blackpool.Read more →

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