This must be one of the best Bottoms ever seen. In what will go down in history as one of the truly great Shakespeare performances, Blunt finds comedy in every single line and action. Her weaver is a bluff and cheerful Northerner, childlike and cheerful, foolish and charismatic. There are some lovely moments where the fellow mechanicals gaze at her in wonder, enchanted by her daft artistry.

- The Spy In The Stalls

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The Rude Mechanicals are a true delight - providing the perfect vehicle to support the fabulous Victoria Blunt as Bottom. Unashamedly scene-stealing, Blunt's pitch-perfect performance is a comedic joy to behold.

- Broadway World

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An utterly charming Bottom who maximises the character’s arrogance and ego whilst also maintaining great enthusiasm and a likeability factor. Blunt winks, jests and dances delivering laughter lines aplenty as well as throwing in some perfectly practised asides.

- British Theatre Guide

Blunt and Lailey form a comically faultless gender-flipped double-act as Watson and Holmes, with Mack bringing hearty machismo to the fray 

- The Telegraph 

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Victoria Blunt is splendid as the bowler-hatted Dr Watson

- British Theatre Guide

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Young Victoria Blunt can change from Lucy - a gangly, waif-like, well meaning but tactless carer to the sex goddess Marilyn Monroe at the drop (or tilt) of a hat.

- British Theatre Guide

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Victoria Blunt gives an exquisite demonstration of what it is to be diverse and adaptable as an actor.

- Upper Circle 

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Not to be overlooked is the skill of Victoria Blunt who oscillates superbly between troubled yet endearing young carer Lucy and full-on sultry siren Marilyn Monroe in a very cleverly written and acted pair of scenes.

- Essential Surrey

His fellow cast members are equally impressive, particularly Victoria Blunt who glides effortlessly from Cardiff’s slow-thinking and even slower-typing carer-cum-PA Lucy to the hot-to-trot Lauren Bacall and the shimmering Marilyn Monroe 

- Review Sphere Scotland 

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Blunt was exceptional as Lucy, Jack’s quiet, quirky and introverted carer... Blunt was able to show a hesitance towards jack, yet also showed the softest of emotions, forcing us to plead for Jack to remember her and treat her with some form of respect.

- Theatre Scotland

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Lucy, a chameleon ingenue, wonderful Victoria Blunt...Blunt and Lindsay spark off each other immediately.

- Reviews Hub 

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Jack Cardiff's... newly appointed carer Lucy, played by a fantastically versatile Victoria Blunt.

- Nottingham Confidential 

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Victoria Blunt (Lucy) as the troubled support worker / Marilyn Monroe is refreshingly funny and assured.

- Reviews Gate

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Blunt is sympathetic and likable as Lucy, but also surprises with an excellent depiction of Marilyn Monroe.

- Broadway World

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Alongside Robert Lindsay’s virtuoso turn as Cardiff is a stellar performance – or set of performances – from Victoria Blunt, particularly affecting as a well-meaning but needy potential carer. Hers are performances marked by great attention to detail and worthy of an individual curtain call

- Sardines Journal 

Blunt gives a show-stealing, scenery-chewing turn as Bottom, balancing daft comic chops with swaggering charisma, careening between egotism and idiocy.

- The Stage

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Bottom as a woman? Victoria Blunt's beaming, expansive Northern lass, channelling Victoria Wood, Gracie Fields and with simply her own delightful sense of fun, make it hard for me to imagine a male Bottom now.

- Whatsonstage 

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Never have I seen Bottom played with the exuberance, charisma and energy that Blunt brings to the role. She is variously gleeful, shy, sad, silly, sardonic, wondrous, knowing, rueful, childlike, sexy and she has fun with every single word.  It’s a marvellous performance and I suspect I shall judge every Bottom I see in the future against it. 

- Sardines Journal

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Leading the rude mechanicals, Blunt was outstanding as Bottom - a true tour de force performance, bubbling with energy and buffoonery. 

- Newbury Today

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Victoria Blunt’s fiercely funny Bottom is an equally bracing breath of fresh air that reveals an effortless gift for comedy

- Ought to be clowns

The Watermill Ensemble’s 50:50 gender split encourages this lifting of Shakespeare from male-domination and allows the women some meatier roles.  The cast is universally strong, but in this profusion of powerful performances, Malcolm (Victoria Blunt) stood out.

- Sardines Magazine 

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Lurid, raucous and bloody.

- The Stage 

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One of the strengths of the Watermill's Macbeth is the ensemble that performs it. They bring a vibrant energy to the production, rarely stopping to let the audience catch their breath. 

- Daily Info, Oxford 

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A very imaginative production with a great deal going on.  Among the other characters, Victoria Blunt was a strong Malcolm.

- Newbury Theatre 

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Leaves the audience looking forward to the next reunion of this exciting ensemble.

- Judi Herman, Whatsonstage 

Blunt shows enormous promise for the future

- Whatsonstage

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In a standout performance, her Benvolio transforms from a macho, hard-drinking lad into a level-headed, supportive woman

- The Oxford Times​

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There are some lovely performances from the supporting cast. Victoria Blunt's Benvolio is one of the finest I've ever seen, bringing warmth and common sense to a traditionally macho role. 

- British Theatre Guide

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Comedy featured heavily in the play, with Victoria Blunt as Benvolio and Offue Okegbe as Mercutio forming a lovable duo filled with stolen Capulet liquor, wild actions and perfectly timed lines that frequently had the audience cackling with laughter.

- The Express and Star

Victoria Blunt’s mischievousness is clear for all to see, showcasing the darker and more manipulative side of Maria

- The Reviews Hub

There is a gallery of fine performances here, with each cast member reacting well as part of a larger ensemble and taking their solo moments to good effect. Victoria Blunt makes much more of Maria than is usual, and shows that she is the real engine of the plot.

- LiveTheatre.co.uk

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Standout performances included Victoria Blunt as Maria, the hilarious, feisty servant whose letter causes Malvolio’s downfall

- The Guilford Dragon

Victoria Blunt in a maid’s outfit doing percussion offers the most suggestive deployment of a triangle yet seen in the West End.

- Libby Purves, Radio 4/The Times

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The song is gleefully performed and is such a laugh out loud, rousing moment that its almost worth the ticket price alone

- Ticketmaster Matt Buttell

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Burke has succeeded in making the cast look as if they are having a blast

- The Times, Ann Treneman 

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The youthful cast delivers Wilde's sparkling dialogue with speed and clarity, and no sooner have you stopped laughing at one line than you are giggling at the next.

- The Express, Neil Norman

Blunt transforms from country girl to Princess with huge success

- Chris Gray, The Oxford Times

A delightful staging of Shakespeare's comedy... sharply paced, very funny

- Dominic Cavendish, CRITICS CHOICE The Telegraph

​Blunt’s Princess is a very classy act, a natural leader for her ladies in waiting, outwardly expecting the respect that goes with her status, but inside behaving badly just like one of the girls- until Mercade brings news of her father’s death, at which point she instantly grows up and matures. 

- TheRealChrisParkle 

An otherworldly presence is provided by Victoria Blunt as the Nightmare Queen, a terrifying character who adds a real gravitas to the fantasy. Her performance is of an exceptional quality and she underplays the queen with a melancholy to her hatred, perfectly summed up in a beautifully performed showstopper song at the midway point.

- Stewart Maclaren, Broadway Baby

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Kudos goes to Victoria Blunt as the increasingly sympathetic villain Onyxis - we can really feel her frustration as her smart, forward thinking plans are foiled by prophecy and meddling kids.  She stood out as particularly excellent

- David James, London City Nights

A devastatingly cruel and hilarious dig at Rolf Harris (written and performed by Blunt) gets my vote as a good night out

-Derek Smith, Musical Theatre Review 

​Victoria brings flair, originality and masses of versatility to a huge range of characters and in addition to being a highly talented performer she is equally a very clever writer.

- Emma Taylor, Artistic Director Canal Cafe Theatre