“Hilarious, moving and so very 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. He channels just plain folks with compassion and respect.”
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— New York Times
“A master of his craft...stunning...something almost supernatural transpires...every character surprises and has wisdom””
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Phenomenal...moving and heartfelt and comes along at just the right time...a gifted artist ...a talented and versatile actor...Dan Hoyle is a major talent...don’t miss this show.” .” ”
— Stage and Cinema
“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
“Entertaining and eye-opening...bristles with keen impressions of life and death.””
— Variety
“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!
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— Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo, Nigerian Journalist and Author
“Hoyle is a master…he fully inhabits both physically and vocally the various personages he portrays.”
— Portland Oregonian
“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