Hilarious, moving and necessary....Hoyle has an ability to provoke belly laughs while bringing the audience so deeply into his own world.”
— Salon
Mr. Hoyle is both a first-rate actor and journalist.”
— New York Times
A master of his craft...stunning...something almost supernatural transpires”
— San Francisco Chronicle
Blazes with internalized conflict...as a witty performer, he’s fearless.”
— Washington Post
By virtue of the authenticity and specificity of each portrayal, Hoyle mined the heart and humor of each American he interviewed, offering invaluable insight.”
— –Charleston City Paper (South Carolina)
Dan Hoyle’s smart, entertaining, funny, insightful, and surprising show...is compassionate and ultimately hopeful, without being soft at all.”
— The New Yorker
A master class...Hoyle acts the pants off his characters.”
— New York Times
Dan’s skills ensured that the audience swung between belly laughs and poignant silence.”
— The Telegraph, Calcutta, India
So transformative and empathetic. Enthralling, sometimes heartbreaking, more often funny. Deeply moving.”
— San Francisco Examiner
Fiendishly compelling...irresistibly watchable...the most engaging evening I’ve spent in a theater in a long time.
— Theatermania
Visionary. Seventy-five spellbinding minutes
— Broadway World
Brilliant and tantalizing, hilarious and thought-provoking. A creative work that will retain its importance for many years to come.”
— Triangle Arts & Entertainment (North Carolina)
Hoyle dissects the Niger Delta like an aged surgeon, exposing skeletons for all to see. He looks at the Delta unlike many outsiders looking in: he sees more than the clichés. Hoyle, in Tings Dey Happen, is a genius!
— Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo, Nigerian Journalist and Author
It’s truly magical to watch the gifted Hoyle.
— San Francisco Examiner
Wildly entertaining and the most nuanced and insightful treatment of the complexities of oil politics I have encountered in a decade of covering energy.
— Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist
The beauty of Hoyle’s writing is that he incorporates no clichés into the multi-dimensional characters. They’re instantly recognizable and yet unpredictable.
— Huffington Post
Hoyle has an uncanny ability to embody people who look and talk nothing like him.
— Santa Fe New Mexican
Hoyle has a dizzying gift for nuance that instantly sucks you into the world he creates.
— San Jose Mercury News