Marg Downey to direct Australian premiere of 'Lottie in The Late Afternoon'

"Maitland’s Lottie tries to rise above with a luminous and compelling otherworldliness that keeps falling into little potholes of self-consciousness or narcissism. She’s not a great listener, and brings a disturbing hilarity to the way people talk across or through each other without meaning to.... [It's] a slick production and a fresh new comedy that speaks to the zeitgeist." - Cameron Woodhead, The Age

"The quality of the production is impressive to say the least... An outstanding performance was carried out by Laura Maitland (Macbeth ReArisen, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Neighbours and Underbelly) who played the intense, anxious-ridden Lottie who merely wanted to share her non-holiday weekend away to New England (USA) with her ‘closest’ friends." - Joshua Judson, Milk Bar Mag

"Lottie in the Late Afternoon is a brilliant comedy brimming with outlandish dialogue, played to the hilt by a superbly talented cast." - Lois Maskiell, Theatre Press

"The play has a Seinfeld-meets-Samuel-Beckett feel to it. And it features first-rate performances. All the quartet are excellent. Some of the best lines – and there are some humdingers – go to Hasler, whose character suffers from low self-esteem; and to Maitland, who rides each bump as if it were a boulder." - David Edwards, The Blurb