Matt Trueman: “A production can be entirely successful – vivid and vibrant, fiercely intelligent, roaringly enjoyable and deeply emotive – and still not merit that final accolade.… Four stars can be given grudgingly, but five is a real statement of belief. It says: ‘This is what theatre can do.’ It says: ‘If only all theatre were this good.’ It says: ‘This is what I believe theatre ought to be doing’.”