Wish List

'Lays bare social iniquities without resorting to melodrama… its motivating spirit is the same as a Ken Loach film: this isn’t fair, and attention must be paid'

'A beautifully compassionate, tender and at times gently humorous piece of work… in its clear-eyed look at the interplay between two dehumanising systems, it arouses due political indignation. A heartening debut'

'A sad, beautiful drama about austerity Britain… Wish List is sad and upsetting, condemnatory of the way in which automated systems replace humanity. But it’s not an angry rant, and ultimately it feels celebratory of humanity'

'A quietly sympathetic vision of a difficult brother-sister relationship, it’s also a politically charged piece about the insecurity of the modern workplace… Soper has trenchant things to say about the cult of productivity and society’s obsession with transactions and quantifiable achievements'

'Precise, tender yet unsentimental writing… marks out Soper as a writer of real promise'

'Intense and moving… a play that demands to be seen'

'The writing is extraordinary: deceptively lightweight while filtering personal and social issues through carefully nuanced characters... [a] compassionate, funny and quietly troubling debut'

'Its emotional impact is devastating... a quietly essential and moving play that makes us empathise with the lives of the desperate and the unseen'

'Peppered with humour and humanity'

'A necessary play about unnecessary pain'