"Alternately profane and poetic (and sometimes both simultaneously), Happy emerges as the gentle voice of reason in Burkett's examination of the power of memory to both heal and imprison."
Toronto Sun, Toronto, ON January 2001

"There are quite wrenching moments of exquisite sadness - others of such exultation that you can feel your heart beating in your chest."
The Edmonton Sun, Edmonton, AB November 2000

 (Ronnie Burkett ) is a sophisticated, internationally renowned theatre artist who has pushed the concept of puppetry to new levels with rigorous, text-based plays that retain a sense of wonder and visual magic."
Toronto Star, Toronto, ON January  2001

" Happy is ,quite simply, the richest, most emotional experience I've had at the theatre all year. It contains so much humour and yet so much pain, so much theatrical inventiveness and yet is governed by such a sense of humanity that, even though it's a play about death and loss, it's executed so beautifully that it becomes an affirmation of the glory of being alive."
Vue Weekly, Edmonton,AB November 2000

(Ronnie Burkett) create(s) a world on stage that is urban, surreal and deeply emotional all at once. … In short, Ronnie Burkett is stretching the possibilities of theatre and puppetry with every new work. Happy is just the latest step in what will hopefully be a long journey of experiment and innovation."
Becky Johnson, www.MyTo.com (Online theatre Review ) Toronto, ON February 2001

"Happy is a manifesto for ditching all the black-and-white and in-between greys in your life and living in full and glorious colour. "
See Magazine, Edmonton, AB November 2000

"Ronnie Burkett is one of the world's geniuses...seeing his troupe every few years has just become a necessity of civilized theatregoing"
The Village Voice, New York, NY ( on Tinka's New Dress)  September 1998

"Remarkable...complex and stimulating.  The theatre that is so much about humanity has (apart from Burkett the puppeteer) no human in it.  We need a show such as Burkett's to remind us that in the hands of a master puppeteer, old-fashioned string marionettes can make you laugh, weep - and even think."
The Guardian, London, UK  (on Tinka's New Dress) June 1999