Sydney Reviews:
"UNIT 46""
The Brag -  Kate Hennesy. Tuesday, 07 July 2009
"don't miss it!"
Mick Barnes' comedy is constructed from two cleverly entwined soliloquies by its two characters, Tim (Leof Kingsford-Smith), ex-bureaucrat verging on 50. He lives in the unit above Diane (Lucy Miller), who's teetering unhappily on 40 and thrashing out the feistier stage of grief about a recent divorce. They hate each other intensely. Diane is enraged by Tim's neglect to follow strata rules and Tim is infuriated by Diane's bitchy and brazen determination to disturb the unsteady calm of his little world, his Unit 46.

It's a vibrant little nugget of a play that it's not difficult to warm to.
If you happen to be heading Edinburgh way in August, you could do much worse than checking it out at the Fringe Festival. If not, then don't miss it here.

City News -  Sophie Tarr.   Monday, 29 June 2009
"inspired"
An inspired stage set up – the apartments are artfully merged into one, and the feuding neighbours often unknowingly come within swiping range – gives Kingsford-Smith and Miller the chance to show off their perfect timing and clever use of space. The Factory Theatre proves the perfect stage for this piece; its intimacy is perfectly suited to Unit 46’s invitation to peer into others’ most intimate moments (and yes, it does get very intimate).

The Drum Media -  Danielle O'Donohue. Tuesday, 07 July 2009
"comedy with a tragic core"
Though the play has its moments of comedy,  as the two rant and rave, there's a more tragic core to this tale of two lonely people starved of human contact in a world that no longer encourages interaction. The way the actors dance on stage really drives home the purpose of this tight two-hander.

Though it's hard not to feel sympathy for the pedantic and self-aggrandizing Tim, played by Leof Kingsford-Smith, the piece really belongs to Lucy Miller, a very sensual Diane. From the brief insights given into these two lives, it is Diane we want to understand more. Her talk of of marriage breakdown and a brief encounter with a younger man, her "Adonis", explains the yearning for love that is never far from Diane's surface. And it feels like the frustration directed at Unit 46 is a microcosm for the frustration Diane feels with all of life.


At times, instead, Unit 46 had the audience in stitches, and maybe thinking a little more deeply about their neighbours. A hit at The Adelaide Fringe, it’s a play that should appeal to both flatites and houses alike.
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Sun Herald -  Nicholas Pickard.   Sunday, 05 July 2009
"fine performers who don't miss a beat"

Tim (Leof Kingsford-Smith) lives in an apartment above Diane (Lucy Miller) in a block of 56 units. Each night, they spend their time at home reflecting on their lonely existence and thinking of ways to annoy one another.

Tim, an angry, misogynistic ex-public servant, wont put out the garbage bins. Diane, a chardonnay-swilling English teacher, bangs on the ceiling with every movement Tim makes.

The two actors are both fine performers who don't miss a beat.