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Evening Standard 20/12/2010 (4 stars)

Kieron Quirke. FABLES Shoreditch Church

A glorious avant-garde show that was as musically interesting as it was spiritually stirring

The highlight was Emily Hall's Nightingale and the Rose, a folk-pop-infused meditation on Wilde's fairy tale. Complemented by Gaelle Denis's incomprehensively lovely film, its central number is a beautiful reworking of Yeat's Down by the Sally Gardens. Two homeless soloists, David Sanchez-Remade and Kevin Woodward, imbued the timeless words with incalculable regret:"But I was young and foolish,"runs the lyric-"and now I'm full of tears". Wow.

The Daily Telegraph 20/12/2010 (4 Stars)

Rupert Christiansen. Fables, Shoredich Church

A joyful event, culminating in a thrilling rendition of a sea shanty by all four casts, lifting the church roof with exhilerating glee

Most sophisticated was a version of Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose, shot in a gorgeous glow of Pierre et Giles colours by Gaelle Denis, with a lyrical, folk-inspired score by Emily Hall.

Independent on Sunday 26/12/2010 (4 stars)

Anna Picard. Fables: A film opera

The strongest fable, however, focuses on a broken heart and a simple folk song. Company members Victor Sande, David Sanchez-Remade and Kevin Woodward, with Revivalist drones and descants for violin and cello, led Emily Hall's adaptation of The Nightingale and the Rose, a wistful story of unrequited love, sensitively filmed by Gaelle Denis

Financial Times 21/12/2010 (3 stars)

Laura Battle. Fables - a film opera

Immediately appealing is The Nightingale and the Rose, Emily Hall's delicate interpretation of Oscar Wilde's short story. Cast members fill the church with whistled birdsong before launching a heartfelt refrain that repaets throughout the score and Gaelle Denis's ravishing film.