Rave Reviews for Spangler's "Kite Runner" Adaptation

“这是迄今为止最好的舞台表演。 War Horse. . . . . Matthew Spangler’s adaptation held the crowd spellbound. . . . 心碎地好 stage version of a popular story earns its place in the West End."  

★★★★★                                            
舞台杂志

Professor Matt Spangler’s stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner ran from December 2016 through March 2017 on London's West End at Wyndham's Theatre. The production received a resounding array of rave reviews (see below).

A professor in 菠菜网lol正规平台’s Communications Studies department, Dr. 斯潘格勒教授课程 在性能研究中. His areas of research and creative work focus on immigration studies, intercultural performance, cultural globalization, Irish studies, documentary theatre techniques, and the adaptation of non-dramatic texts for the stage.

Dr. Spangler’s other stage adaptations include TORTILLA CURTAIN，改编自T.C. Boyle, and ALBATROSS (with collaborator Benjamin Evett), based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Rime 古代水手的故事.”

Below: A scene from "The Kite Runner" at Wyndham's Theatre on London's West End. 

The Telegraph
“The Kite Runner soars.” ★★★★

The Independent
"Spangler skillfully balances the scenes in Asia with those of the Afghan refugees seeking to maintain their dignity and culture in the West. . . . 这不能不提醒我们 us of the thousands of vulnerable children in Syria today.” ★★★★★

Sunday Express
“2017年的第一个‘必看’!” ★★★★★

Spy in the Stalls
"Flying story of Afghan innocence has sting in its tail.”  ★★★★

Metro
“Just fantastic, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. 我不太推荐它 enough.” 

BBC伦敦广播电台，乔·古德报道
“Not since Ayub Khan Din’s East Is East in 1996 have I seen a play as moving as this.”

Telegraph India
“An instant classic, its extraordinarily emotional ending, hardly leaving an eye dry." 

戏剧表演杂志
“最好的戏剧.” ★★★★

Jewish Chronicle
“The Kite Runner has set an extremely high standard that other shows opening in 2017 会发现难以触及. . . . Excellent writing combined with a fantastic interpretation.”

伦敦剧院lol菠菜网正规平台 
"The great joy of Matthew Spangler’s stage version of Khaled Hosseini's novel is how it gives the story a vivid, pulsing and imaginative theatrical life, a charmer as 也令人心碎." ★★★★★ 

伦敦戏剧评论 
“The Kite Runner is an utterly heartbreaking story, beautifully and painfully brought to life.”  ★★★★★

London Culture
“Keeps all the plates spinning toward a winning result which is magically far greater 而不是各部分之和.”  ★★★★

Broadway Baby
"The Kite Runner is an example of The West End doing what it is loved for: a marvellous story, exotic and involving, beautifully staged and gracefully performed. It opens a window onto a different world and, yet, resolutely speaks about life in Britain 就这一点而言，美国也是如此. With bracing humanity, The Kite Runner examines the consequences of deception, betrayal and tradition. 总是放风筝，不 matter where you live or who you are - and chasing them will help release your soul." ★★★★

Live Theatre UK
"The real star here is the story, but boy, does it shine brightly." ★★★★

Hackney Gazette & 伊斯灵顿公报
“The Kite Runner is unmissable, taking the West End to new stratospheres . . . 让你飞得更高 戏剧完美.”  ★★★★★

Grumpy Critic
“你一定要看《lol菠菜网正规平台》!"  ★★★★★ 

Gushing praise from Fresh Off the Stalls' James Waygood 
“Emotionally spellbinding – do not miss this superb production!” ★★★★

伦敦每周lol菠菜网正规平台
"This emotional story will stay with you, long after the kites have flown." ★★★★

《菠菜网lol正规平台》杂志
"Subtle, mesmerising, heartbreaking”  ★★★★

伦敦西区的牢骚者 
“一个非常强大的剧本."  ★★★★★

娱乐的焦点 
《lol菠菜网正规平台》★★★★

Gay Times
"Matthew Spangler's moving adaptation of The Kite Runner soars to new heights in Giles 克罗夫特令人惊叹的作品." ★★★★

Stage Review
写得很精致 & directed performance will massacre your heart & enthrall your senses. I witnessed a standing ovation unlike any I’ve seen in a West End production, 这是理所应当的." ★★★★★

West End Wilma
“一次感人肺腑的戏剧体验.”

这里是伦敦杂志
"In our fearful times The Kite Runner offers an open palm of reconciliation & hope.” ★★★★

2017