Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph: "Philip Quast is an authoratative Bellman."
Andrew St George, Financial Times: "The principal Snark-hunters are headed by the excellent Philip Quast as The Bellman, whose values of fearless self-reliance are as close as the show gets to articulating a moral centre."
John Gross, Sunday Telegraph: "Philip Quast is a fine resonant Bellman."
Paul Taylor, The Independent: "Philip Quast is in glorious, burnished voice as the intrepid Bellman."
Michael Coveney, The Observer: "Philip Quast (should that be Quest?) lords it baritonally as the Bellman."
Clive Hirschhorn, Sunday Express: "Philip Quast is in fine voice as the Bellman."
Nicholas de Jongh, Guardian: "The brave and heroic quester of Mr Quast, in fine and passionate voice."
Michael Quinn, What's On: "Philip Quast, the one truly redeeming factor of the evening."
Maureen Paton, Daily Express: "The award-winning Philip Quast sings splendidly as the gung-ho Bellman and tries to hold the show together."