Road: A surreal vision of the contemporary urban landscape.
uncomfortable and magical, funny and bitter.
It is a northern Under Milk Wood, high on pills and booze (Sunday Times).
Bed: Cartwright writes better about old people than anyone I know, except perhaps Beckett.
This is an odd, harrowing and hilarious piece, entirely without sentimentality, sturdy but moving.
(John Peter, Sunday Times) Two: A sharp, salty quickfire evocation of the surface gaiety and underlying melancholia of English pub life.
(Michael Billington, The Guardian).
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice: A northern showbiz fairytale, a backstreet Cinderella story, with a built-in kick.
(Guardian).