Alights like an elegant butterfly on a great many issues, including homophobia, sectarianism and the demands of capital - Ellams offers an easy intimacy, and the story tumbles out with a low-key virtuosity, the words falling skittishly over each other.

'Alights like an elegant butterfly on a great many issues, including homophobia, sectarianism and the demands of capital… Ellams offers an easy intimacy, and the story tumbles out with a low-key virtuosity, the words falling skittishly over each other.' The Guardian 'Full of arresting images that create a hybrid of lyrical ecstasy and cinematic effects… a fluent, intense 70-minute confection and a tinglingly resonant celebration of the art of solo performance.' Evening Standard 'Ellams has an easy, laid-back charisma and pares poetic flair for narrative with admirable restraint. The wordsmith remains present, though, and his sentences, with their sophisticated flavour and texture combinations, can be something of a Michelin-starred mouthful…. you sink into his storytelling' Time Out