BROADWAY BABY ★★★★★

“Something like you’ve never seen before… this show is a daringly unique experience, and one that surpasses any expectation you could have… A total sensory experience…The Swell Mob is a perfectly bizarre, uncomfortable, unmissable show”

MUMBLE THEATRE ★★★★★

“I was left with a sense of bewilderment the same as a mortal who’d spent an evening with the fairies might feel. For the show had been truly magical. A dark, sinister magic but one that was certainly spellbinding… come and join the Swell Mob for this really is immersive theatre at its best.”

THE SKINNY ★★★★★

“Seeing it once was wonderful, repeating the experience would be even better.”

UK THEATRE NETWORK ★★★★★

“Get yourself a drink and mingle - Gamble, steal, watch the boxing, be taken to a room and meet the inmates of the asylum. Give yourself up to this world and have a ball! Loved it.

SCENESTAR ★★★★★

“An interactive theatre piece that will knock you dead if you let it.”

URBANEFOXSMITH ★★★★★

“A transfixing piece of theatre that is by turns amusing and chilling. This witty, brilliant, bizarre production is well worth a visit (or two) and is perfect for those with a taste for the macabre.”

BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS ★★★★★

“the most genuinely immersive theatrical experience I’ve ever been part of… it’s safe to say that you could visit this show again and again and never have the same experience twice. I love this! It’s one of the most exciting shows I’ve ever seen”

FAIRY POWERED PRODUCTIONS ★★★★★

“A spectacle to behold. Like jumping into the screen of a movie… unusual, fascinating, immersive.”

THE UPCOMING ★★★★★

“A wildly entertaining, escape-room-esque affair that leaves the room reeling...the show is truly immersive – a feat that is surprisingly not always achieved in immersive theatre”

THE CLAMOUROUS VOICE ★★★★★

“fun frenetic, frightening... I’ll be returning on my own time and dime, and there’s no greater tribute.”

 WEEKEND NOTES ★★★★1/2

“Riveting, electrifying, and unknowingly attractive… their deceitful and deceptive actions that will charm you and make you swoon with tingling curiosity. Treat this dystopian world like a gift that needs to be unwrapped to its core to reveal an era that will change your life in a span of just 75 minutes (by the end of which, you'll wish it didn't end!).” 

THREEWEEKS ★★★★☆

“It's rare to find shows that really commit to blurring the lines between audience and performer…you will find that everybody has a story to tell, even if those stories do come at a price.”

THE SCOTSMAN ★★★★☆

“So intriguing and intoxicating is The Swell Mob’s brew that audience members are easily hooked into the hurly burly and the mood in the room escalates in pitch and intensity until the entire cast are whipped up into an amorphous maelstrom of movement before being sucked through one of the portals to who knows what realm from which they were spewed.”

VOICE MAGAZINE ★★★★☆

“Excellent movement pieces, eerie puppetry… intricate character traits and entwining story arcs… fantastic”

THE WEE REVIEW ★★★★☆

“This production is overflowing with energy, attention to detail, back stories and mysterious, possibly malevolent romance. If the idea of losing yourself in times gone by and unravelling a bit of a mystery while you’re at it appeals, go see, guvnor. As you won’t find much else like it.”

LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE ★★★★☆

[A] 19th century world of pickpockets, spivs, soldiers, wenches, singers and puppeteers…I kissed a pickpocket’s hand, played five finger fillet, sang bawdy songs, witnessed a fist fight and danced with a buxom wench.

GLAMADELAIDE ★★★★☆

“formidable physical theatre skills allied with cleverly underplayed acting expertise….It was innately disturbing”

THE CULTURE WHISPER ★★★★☆

“Haunting, stylised scenes powerfully interrupt the jovial cacophony of the taproom. ..The Swell Mob will transport you to a warped Dickensian world for an hour and a half. Go for bold immersive theatre”

PHOENIX ARTS ★★★★☆

“The Swell Mob is a great piece of interactive, immersive theatre. There’s nothing else like it right now.”

LOVE LONDON LOVE CULTURE ★★★★☆

“Atmospheric and filled with fantastic details, Flabbergast Theatre’s production is successfully entertaining.”

ENTERTAINMENT FOCUS ★★★★☆

“It’s different, unique and an immensely impressive feat…you get to spend time completely in another era and another world, and honestly what’s not to love about that.”