Jerry Springer: The Opera - February 2002 The Sunday Times - By John Peter & Dan Cairns - February 10th, 2002

Jerry Springer: The Opera ★★★ - February 2002 The Guardian - By Lyn Gardner - February 9th, 2002

A grown man wearing only a nappy is waving a gun. An assortment of white trash and trailer-park lowlifes is weaving around the stage, and at the back, a chorus of Ku Klux Klansmen is merrily tap-dancing. As a bad-taste musical moment the closing number of Kombat Opera’s show rivals the brilliant Springtime for Hitler…

February 2002 Flyer - February 2002 BAC Flyer - By BAC Flyer for Feb 2002 run - February 1st, 2002

Jerry Springer: The Opera - January 2002 The Daily Express - By Robert Gore-Langton - January 25th, 2002

The word opera for most people means overweight, overpaid singers displaying their tonsils to an audience of overdressed people who probably haven’t the faintest what they’re listening to. Well, now there’s an antidote – a democratic opera-musical that is tiny, easily affordable, sung in English and still pretty incomprehensible. That’s because everybody’s on stage shouting…

Parody never quite takes off - January 2002 What's On When - January 7th, 2002

Who says opera can’t comment on contemporary issues, this proving its worth in an all-too sceptical modern society? You only have to look at the amazing success of Battersea Arts Centre’s Jerry Springer The Opera since its first workshop performances in August and September 2001. For those lucky enough to catch it there could be…

And a nappy new year… - December 2001 The Guardian - By Susannah Clapp - December 31st, 2001

Jerry Springer, trash TV personified, is the perfect subject for satirical treatment You might think twice about putting a nappy fetishist centre stage in an opera. But the very funny, very foul-mouthed, superbly sung Jerry Springer: The Opera did exactly that, and turned out to be one of the most original events staged last year.…