“Hilarious, moving and so very necessary…Hoyle has an ability to provoke belly laughs while bringing the audience so deeply into his own world.””
“Mr. Hoyle is both a first-rate actor and journalist. He channels just plain folks with compassion and respect.”
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“A master of his craft...stunning...something almost supernatural transpires...every character surprises and has wisdom””
New Yorker Talk of the Town Profile
San Francisco Chronicle Review of TAKES ALL KINDS
Stage and Cinema Review of TAKES ALL KINDS
Commonwealth Club Talk with director Aldo Billingslea and Developer Michael Socrates Moran
Feature on Revival of BORDER PEOPLE on 48 Hills
“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.” .” ”
“By virtue of the authenticity and specificity of each portrayal, Hoyle mined the heart and humor of each American he interviewed, offering invaluable insight.” ”
“Dan Hoyle’s smart, entertaining, funny, insightful, and surprising show...is compassionate and ultimately hopeful, without being soft at all.””
“Entertaining and eye-opening...bristles with keen impressions of life and death.””
“Dan’s skills ensured that the audience swung between belly laughs and poignant silence.” ”
“So transformative and empathetic. Enthralling, sometimes heartbreaking, more often funny. Deeply moving.””
“Fiendishly compelling...irresistibly watchable...the most engaging evening I’ve spent in a theater in a long time.”
“Visionary. Seventy-five spellbinding minutes”
“Brilliant and tantalizing, hilarious and thought-provoking. A creative work that will retain its importance for many years to come.””
“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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“Hoyle is a master…he fully inhabits both physically and vocally the various personages he portrays.”
“Wildly entertaining and the most nuanced and insightful treatment of the complexities of oil politics I have encountered in a decade of covering energy.”
“The beauty of Hoyle’s writing is that he incorporates no clichés into the multi-dimensional characters. They’re instantly recognizable and yet unpredictable.”
“Hoyle has an uncanny ability to embody people who look and talk nothing like him.”
“Hoyle has a dizzying gift for nuance that instantly sucks you into the world he creates.”