"Off the wall. Our Commonwealth cousins the Canadians can produce some bizarre fringe performers - few more so than James Howell. Few, also of such fine voice. . . quite pithy. A very nice discovery."
-The Advertiser (Adelaide)
In the course of a non-stop, high velocity stream of ideas, he touches on abortion, sex, death, religion and the rest in a dazzling range of voices, accents and rhythms. . . and in something of a tour de force, serves up a disjointed verbal assault in a highly physical performance."
-Manchester Evening News
"Blurring the boundries between stand-up, theatre and literature, this performance is a real smack in the face for anybody game enough to make the journey. . . to witness this daringly minimalist production. Using dark humour and lyrical dialogue, Lay Down And Love Me Again is a wonderful satire that challenges audiences"
-The Independent (Adelaide)
"Howell is a gutsy performer."
-nytheatre.com
"a devastating satire of the one man confessional . . . an audacious satire of the confession, or theatre of the absurd"
-Edmonton Journal
"Brilliant and captivating voice/character(s) . . . Made me think of Robert Crumb . . . This is quite possibly the most surreal piece I have read this decade! . . . Bogossian meets Beckett and Woody Allen!
-24:7 Theatre Festival Jury
"Howell has both a gift for turns of phrase and a scattershot, smirking charisma and his thoughts from everything from funerals to psychotherapy are more often than not worth a listen. [The] finale is a deftly amusing touch."
-VUE weekly (Edmonton)
"One of the highlights of this year's festival . . . completely absurd . . . extremely funny . . . Apart from having some of the most superb lines of any play in the festival it also has one of the finest casts: namely Howell who is utterly magnetic . . . It is a truly compelling performance heightened by Howell's sophisticated delivery . . . Every part of it is theatrical gold . . . If you plan to see only one play on this year's programme, make it this one."
-GCN (Dublin)
"Lay Down And Love Me Again is a dark work, it goes interesting places and it gains as it goes along."
-nytheatre.com
"A play about a mind unravelling, with a script sometimes reminiscent of TS Eliot, this should be a hit. Certainly James Howell, whose play this is, has the necessary charisma."
-The Scotsman (Edinburgh)