“Director Ben Harrison and his excellent actors generate a lot of energy, making it compelling viewing, and the atmospheric music of Philip Pinsky heightens the mood… ultimately the whole production is strong enough to blow away an audience.”

“…Decky was a breakthrough for them [Grid Iron] and for Maxwell, making an eloquent case for the kind of site-specific theatre work that has now become almost modish but at which Grid Iron still excel.”

“One of the finest plays to emerge from a Scottish working-class story in the last ten years… it was the genius of Edinburgh-based site-specific company Grid Iron – ten years ago, and again in this powerful revival – to take the chance of performing the play outdoors, in the context where it was born… the sheer force and depth of Maxwell’s study of an end of childhood and an abrupt loss of innocence brings tears to the eyes. Ben Harrison’s production is more thrillingly physical than ever… There are some outstanding performances… After a decade in which the debate around child safety and loss of freedom has only become more acute, Decky Does a Bronco seems a more timely play than ever, and the writing is beautiful…”

“its emotional directness, puppyish playfulness and sense of how we are all haunted by our childhoods long after we reach maturity is beautifully handled… this show is a funny, wise and sad evocation of childhood.”

“Grid Iron Theatre Company’s revival of… Decky Does a Bronco… is a proverbial good deed in a naughty world… Ten years on, Decky Does a Bronco has lost none of its ability to excite the senses and stop the heart.”

“The script builds to a powerful emotional climax, and Maxwell’s poignant lines will linger with you as you make your way home out of the darkness of the park. Exceptionally good drama – turn off X Factor or Eastenders for one night this week and go and see it.”