“All of the cast are uniformly good and inject plenty of mischief into the play.
David Scott – Broadway Baby – on ‘The Way of the World’. March 2010
Gollum spearheads the Hollywood fan-film revolution
The Times Online – October 9, 2009
New Zealand Herald – May 3, 2010
The Hunt For Gollum (Independent Online Cinema)
The Armchair Critic – May 23, 2009
Making Middle-earth on a shoestring
BBC News – April 20, 2009
“Dan Styles is a Vivid Baddy”
Mike Allen – The News – on ‘Aladdin’. December 2009
“I have played team sport and the blinkered attitudes, the superficial sarcastic banter and depersonalisation of women are portrayed most accurately. If you are female and have no interest in sport, you will witness group male behaviour at its worst. Although you will see an eyeful of fit young men in the opening dressing room scene.
on Foreskin’s Lament
One 4 – August 2008
“...it didn't take me long to be taken in by the intensity of the actors' performances. Definitely worth a visit, if only for much toned testosterone and way more sophistication than your average sports pinup calendar”
on Foreskin’s Lament
Three Weeks – August 2008
‘FOUR STARS' “It is a long time since I have seen and heard such a joyful reaction to an 18th century play. The play is expertly directed, inspiring adept and imaginative performances.”
Aline Waites on 'Wild Oats'
Ham & High - 21st February 2008
“there's enough wit and vim in the cast to carry this production.”
Dan Franklin on 'Wild Oats'
Camden New Journal -
21st February 2008
“Dan Styles is a menacing Abanazar”
Liz Coggins on ‘Aladdin’
Yorkshire Post - December 2006
“Assistant director Dan Styles plays Mushnik, adding a voice of experience to a young cast”
Charles Hutchinson on ‘Little Shop of Horrors'
The Press - 4th August 2006
“An excellent play - There was nice work from the actors and the direction was well paced. It holds together very well as a dramatic piece of writing, I think you have a good future as a writer - particularly for quality fringe, so keep at it. A commendable performance.”
Phil Shaw (Casting Director) on ‘Consequences'
14th July 2006
'Dan Styles is a great villain as Abanazar'
Joe Riley on 'Aladdin'
Liverpool Echo - 14th January 2006
'Dan Styles is a wicked Abanazar'
Anne Broom on 'Aladdin'
Western Morning News - 22nd December 2005
‘‘The pace, having been cranked up at the beginning, never faltered, with the whole company geared up to panto in the fast lane.'
‘Dan Styles elicited quality boos as the evil Abanazar.'
Roger Malone on ‘Aladdin'
The Stage Online - 21st December 2005
Dan Styles performed above par as the all round bad guy Abanazar'
Jon Paul Hedge on ‘Aladdin'
(South Devon) Herald Express - 20th December 2005
'Dawn Richmond-Gordon, in tandem with Dan Styles as her hapless lackey. More than the Bus, their comic double act is the driving force of the second half.'
Charles Hutchinson on 'Summer Holiday'
Yorkshire Evening Post - 4th August 2005
'A powerful and moving performance on Saturday night by the 8 actors in Kate Willoughby Productions' play about Elizabeth Fry', 'Very powerful', 'I liked the way they changed their characters in front of us.'
Sean Creighton on 'A Fiver's Worth of Courage'
Lambeth Riverside Festival News - 18th July 2005
"In the tradition of pantomime, the star turn enters last, in this case 22–year-old London actor - and Barry's assistant director, to boot - Dan Styles in the larger-than-life guise of Toad.
"Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together for Mr Toad, the showman. "Poop, poop", goes Toad, resplendent in a music-hall comedian's rig of checked yellow and pink suit and green leggings, as he rushes around the stage in his green and yellow face paint and Elton John over-sized spectacles.
"Styles is the Berwick Kaler of the piece, leading the show, setting its pace and providing much of its vim and laugher, with sterling support all around him."
Charles Hutchinson on 'Wind in the Willows'
Yorkshire Evening Post - 6th August 2004