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King Lear West Yorkshire Playhouse |
"[Tim Pigott-Smith's] is not the only remarkable performance
... Tim Frances plays the loyal thug Kent
with brooding menace and energy."
The Independent "... but the strength of the production lies as much in ... Tim Frances' bluff Kent ..." Libby Purves in The Times "Terrific supporting performances wherever you look ... a crowning glory for [Ian] Brown." Daily Telegraph **** The Times **** The Guardian **** Daily Telegraph **** WhatsOnStage ***** Yorkshire Post |
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Peter Pan Qdos at Cliffs Pavilion Southend |
"Tim Frances is a commanding and very funny Captain Hook." The Stage |
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The Ragged Trousered
Philanthropists Chichester Festival & Liverpool Everyman |
"Tim Frances is ... very watchable and yet again proves he is a perfect member of an ensemble company." thepublicreviews.com |
| 1936 Arcola Theatre, London  |
"Tim Frances' Hitler is fascinating."
Time Out "Tim Frances ... portrayal of Adolf Hitler was uncannily warm yet chilling." The News Line "Tim Frances gives a very considered performance as Adolf Hitler, avoiding the caricature of an angry, evil man, giving us instead a logical and human leader" thepublicreviews.com "Tim Frances' Adolf ... comes across less tyrannical and more charming, forcing us to comprehend the human capacity for evil rather than write him off as a lunatic" spoonfed.co.uk "Attic Theatre Company's 1936 is a powerful, thought provoking, richly rewarding piece of theatre ...Tim Frances shows us a Hitler who does not brook failure, yet can be manipulated with promises, and a powerful American general, who had the wool pulled over his eyes." whatsonstage.com "Tim Frances and Chris Myles make Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels an intriguing double act." British Theatre Guide |
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Oliver Twist Octagon Theatre, Bolton  |
"... it is Tim Frances
who most dominates proceedings, strutting through a variety of roles, not
least as the arch hypocrite Mr Bumble ... and as Bill Sikes, the Reggie Kray
of his day, terrifying London’s underworld"
The Stage "... most notably Tim Frances, as both Mr Bumble and the terrifying Bill Sykes" Manchester City Life "...Tim Frances making an especially good stab at both evil Bill Sikes and the unscrupulous Bumble" The Independent "Tim Frances' murderous, drink-bemused Sikes" The Observer "Tim Frances balances comedy as the aptly-named Mr Bumble with raw cruelty as the murderous Bill Sykes" Lancashire Telegraph "Tim Frances is excellent comic value as Mr Bumble, the cruel and cowardly beadle" UKTheatre.net "I was particularly impressed by Tim Frances both as a comic Mr Bumble and a scarily evil Bill Sikes" Clitheroe Advertiser "Tim Frances is very good as Bill Sikes and Mr Bumble" British Theatre Guide "...ominous Mr Bumble" What's on Stage |
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He's Much To Blame Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds |
"The best fun is had with a German physician,
played beautifully by Tim Frances." Quentin Letts in The Daily Mail |
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Relatively Speaking Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds |
"Tim Frances's Philip is a great bully of a businessman with lovely vague
moments of indecision and funk..."
East Anglian
Daily Times "... the true star is the middle-aged Philip, whose sarcasm and ability to imply more than he’s saying bring the whole play to life." Bury Free Press |
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Twelfth Night Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds |
"Tim Frances presents a Sir Toby Belch with a hard edge as he clings on to
the last remnants of fading gentility on the fringe of Olivia’s household.
His resentment of Malvolio and his contempt for Sir Andrew bubble away just
below the surface. You might (just) enjoy sharing a drink with him, but
you’d keep a hand clasped firmly over your wallet just the same."
whatsonstage.com
"Together Oliver Senton [as Sir Andrew Aguecheek] & Tim Frances as Toby Belch perform some great physical comedy ... But the odd sinister side from Frances makes it clear Sir Toby is ultimately a selfish drunken sot who has no qualms about making his friend look a fool, go bankrupt or get hurt." Basingstoke Gazette |
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Wives As They
Were
& Maids As They Are Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds |
"A superb performance comes from Tim Frances as Sir William around who the play revolves. Urbane, high-principled, occasionally touchingly tender, he runs the gamut. Director Colin Blumenau & designer Kit Surrey are ensuring that the restored theatre is presenting work of world standard." The Stage. "This gem of a theatre has made a policy of reviving neglected Georgian plays. [Inchbald] shows women chafing against their chains and disproves the myth that stage comedy died a death between Sheridan and Wilde. Colin Blumenau's production is deliciously acted ... And the various forms of male dominance are vigorously represented by ... Tim Frances as Maria's colonialist backwoodsman of a father. At a time when the classic tradition is under threat, this excellent revival reminds us of our vanishing heritage." Michael Billington in The Guardian |
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The Glee Club New Vic Theatre, Stoke |
"This welcome revival is an impressive way for Theresa Heskins to begin her tenure as artistic director of the New Vic. It's strongly acted ... and superlatively sung." The Guardian |
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A Man For All Seasons Haymarket Theatre, West End |
"Spectacular production" The
Guardian. "Tim Frances' cold Cranmer" Sunday Telegraph "Subsequent generations may like to idolise Archbishop Cranmer for his contribution to the Church of England, but ... Tim Frances plays him as an austere figure, viewing the decline of a sometime colleague with an air of resigned detachment and relative powerlessness. England under Henry VIII, it seems, is a place where only men prepared to say Yes to the king survive" Church Times |
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Map of the Heart Salisbury Playhouse |
"Judith Scott's Ruth & Tim Frances as brother Bernard ... are careful and detailed performances. They make a shared history ..." ReviewsGate.com |
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Femme
Fatale Warehouse Theatre, Croydon |
"Tim
Frances is superb as the fast-talking, ruthless Irwin and equally good as
the henchman Manfred ..." The Stage "There is staunch support from Tim Frances as a succession of menacing heavies ..." Michael Billington in The Guardian "Tim Frances ... an aura of evil ..." Croydon Advertiser "Tim Frances has a great gravelly voice, perfect for hard-boiled narrating ..." The Independent on Sunday |
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Proving
Mr Jennings Courtyard Theatre, London |
"Tim Frances gives a virtuoso performance as the infuriatingly calm and patronising Colonel Loveday. Avoiding the temptation to over-labour laughs, he delivers the most absurd lines with a deadpan seriousness and conviction which accentuate the humour" Theatreworld Magazine |