"Gilbert is Dead"

Robin French was selected as one of six writers for Future Perfect (Paines Plough/Channel 4). In June 2005, Robin was the only writer to have plays in different pods of the Flight 5065 project on the London Eye (AFRICA for The Royal Court & PIGEON for Paines Plough).

'There are not many taxidermists in English theatre, but in his new play, Gilbert is Dead, playwright Robin French has come up with one for an imaginative and topical fantasy about Darwinism.' Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 13.11.09 'ambitious and holds the attention throughout' Evelyn Curlet, The Stage, 12.11.09 'a fantastical flavour of Victoriana' Sam Marlowe, The Times, 10.11.09 'stylistic...alternating between parody and dark gothic tragedy' Robert Shore, Time Out, 10.11.09 'it has the agreeable air of a little-visited outpost of a rambling museum, crammed full of peculiar curios' Fiona Mountford, London Evening Standard, 09.11.09 'fun with life's absurdities, but beneath the whimsy lie serious and substantial questions about the nature of existence' : 'fantastical flavour of Victoriana' Sam Marlowe, The Times, 10.11.09 'Whatever dark secrets of the Victorian conscience may be buried here this is an enjoyable romp' Robin French, The British Theatre Guide, 12.11.09