✮✮✮✮✮ “Sain’s direction takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster of a lifetime.”
Adventures in Theatreland
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮✮ “the production moves with a sharp, emotional clarity that balances the hilarious comedic moments and the heartbreaking scenes”
The Recs
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Jack Sain’s direction stands out visually trough an excellent exploration of the entire space.”
First Night Magazine
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮✮ “Every bit as exquisite as the writing is Jack Sain’s intricate direction.”
All That Dazzles
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Inventive direction makes clever use of the intimate King’s Head Theatre playing space.”
Unmissable Theatre
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Jack Sain keeps the pace lively and the staging stylish.”
London Theatre Reviews
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Sain’s direction is taut and confident, allowing the emotional beats to land without ever feeling overwrought.”
Theatre Weekly
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Sain’s direction is brimming with excitement and energy.”
Theatre & Tonic
on Four Play

✮✮✮✮ “Eleanor Tomlinson excels in this powerful tale” “superlative writing and masterful acting” “nothing to do but sit back and fall under its spell”
The Times
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “The European premiere of Reverberation — one of López’s darker plays — is well served by Jack Sain’s dynamic production, which tilts between effervescent wit and the psychological equivalent of open-heart surgery”
The Stage
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “Young director Sain handles the play confidently”
StageTalk Mag
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “a production that resonates far beyond the stage”
Whatsonstage
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “A work that is powerfully presented” “Ahomka-Lindsay is on his way to defining himself as one of our finest talents” “an exciting debut from Jack Gibson” “Sain’s production demonstrates a fine young directing voice” “With a promise to turn the theatre into a hub of new writing, Reverberation is a powerful demonstration of why presenting main stage new plays is important and is a strong appetite cleanser while we wait for what López conjures next.”
Bristol24/7
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “a haunting and brilliantly acted play shot through with loneliness and grief” “Director Jack Sain does a marvellous job”
Theatre & Tonic
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “This is a heartbreaking yet hilarious show, with many, many unexpectedly funny moments”
Time & Leisure
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “Jack Sain’s direction handles the tension brilliantly, fluently suppressing and expanding it for the whole two and a half hours. Sain highlights the complex depth of loneliness, and allows the writing and technical elements to perfectly complement one another.”
All That Dazzles
on Reverberation

✮✮✮✮ “Vogel makes us smile and squirm as she challenges convention about lost innocence and director Jack Sain locates the humour in the troubling subject matter… a well-judged revival of a shrewd tragicomedy”.
Evening Standard
on How I Learned to Drive

✮✮✮✮ “‘How I Learned to Drive’ is clearly not all sweetness and light. But it’s not the sort of night that will plunge you into despair, either. There’s oodles of humour, brought out in Jack Sain’s great, well-paced production.”
Time Out
on How I Learned to Drive

“On the surface this seems a rather traditional story to have won the Pulitzer, but Vogel’s play is very cleverly written, and Sain’s production handles it sensitively… An impressive performance in an intriguing play..”
Partially Obstructed View
on How I Learned to Drive

✮✮✮✮ “Jack Sain’s production… takes a light touch with the heavy subject matter and features a neatly incorporated soundscape and visuals. This is provocative, prescient drama.”
What’s On Stage
on How I Learned to Drive

“Under Jack Sain’s direction, various oddities of presentation – like sudden outbursts of a cappella or neon projections on the back walls – complement Paula Vogel’s shape-shifting script. Sain’s direction lays on these stylised elements thickly and elegantly.”
Exeunt Magazine
on How I Learned to Drive

“combining chaotic theatricality, pathos, psychology and heartbreak… this raw and humorous revival, directed by Jack Sain, explores the frustrations of small town living.”
About Time Magazine
on How I Learned to Drive