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Last updated 30th November 2002
TEMPESTSunday Times" Daniel Evans, an actor who grows in stature and power with every role he plays, is a superb Ariel: wilful and generous, airy but substantial, servant to Prospero but master of himself. " Mail on Sunday" Daniel Evans makes a wonderful, otherwordly spirit of Ariel, and when he sings in his remarkable contralto, he casts a truly magical spell. " Observer" ... the sounds produced by Daniel Evans's dainty, eerie Ariel are refined, steady, without a quiver of emotion. " The Times" ... Daniel Evans, variously sporting butterfly and bat wings, makes a nimble yet measured Ariel " Sunday Telegraph" Daniel Evans' shaven-headed Ariel is a spirit you can believe in, gliding swiflty across the stage, assuming bat's or butterfly's wings as the occasion demands. There is a sexual undercurrent in his relationship with Prospero, but it's light and delicate. " Guardian" ...Daniel Evans's Ariel, metamorphosing into a butterfly or a fruit bat at his master's command, is a musical, sweet-souled creature never likely to spit in Prospers's face " Daily Telegraph" Daniel Evans, with his shaven head and lilting Welsh accent, is a wonderfully ethereal Ariel, who sings and moves beautifully too. There is no more moving scene in Shakespeare than when this mysterious, other-wordly creature teaches Prospero the meaning of human tenderness, and it is exquisitely played here. " Financial Times" Daniel Evans's Ariel is usually supported by a couple of supernumerary spirits, whether helping him sing the 'Flout 'em and scout 'em' catch or bearing 15ft-wide butterfly wings on his first entrance. Ariel, too, is more complex than usual, daring to be petulant to Prospero about his promised release from bondage even quite late in the proceedings. " |