“Martin Dockery’s one-man play, Wanderlust, is spectacularly good... These tales are, I'm telling you, absolutely unforgettable. Dockery's language is precise and specific and utterly evocative; he acts out his adventures (as opposed to simply recounting them) with enormous energy, immediacy, and physicality. He brings his experiences entirely to life, supplying a thrill that feels more actual than vicarious.”

      –nytheatre.com on Wanderlust 4/18/08. For entire article: www.nytheatre.com

“One of New York’s finest storytellers.”

    –The Examiner on Wanderlust 2/19-25/08    

From The New Yorker, 6/11 & 18, 2007

Credit Flash Rosenberg    

“[The play] flashes with humor and insight.”

     –The New York Times on play Oh, That Wily

       Snake! For entire article: www.nytimes.com

“Dockery makes the search for community both compelling and entertaining.... Divinely inspired.”

     –L.A. Weekly on play a lonely monkeyhouse

“There’s nothing more deliciously enjoyable than an absurd comedy that’s nonsensical yet smart, broad yet economical.... Martin Dockery’s absurd comedy fills the bill enormously well. He has a real affinity for the bizarre.... It’s like getting on a speeding train - and you can’t get off, not that you’d want to.... One of the funniest plays in town...”

     –Back Stage West on play a lonely monkeyhouse

Performing Wanderlust at The Barrow Group Studio Theater 4/18/08

Credit Nelia Vishnevsky

With Jean-Michele Gregory, during talk-back with audience following  Wanderlust in Pleasantville, NY                    Credit Alan Haywood

“A winner.” (4 stars out of 5)

    –The Scotsman (of Edinburgh, Scotland)

      on The Liar Show 8/6/08    

From The Wall Street Journal, 3/25/08

Credit Denise Mangen   

“Martin Dockery's The Surprise is a funny, warm, and entertaining hour of storytelling. Directed with economy by Jean-Michele Gregory, the piece... deftly holds our interest until the final moment... It’s never less than entertaining... A superlative storytelling show, one that offers plenty to laugh about, relate to, and ponder long after the storyteller has left the stage.”

   –Nytheatre.com on The Surprise 2/25/09. For entire article: www.nytheatre.com

“One of the most well crafted monologues I have ever seen. Balanced in emotion and pace, never too long on one point, a satisfying arc that raps up neatly without being trite. Really is a top notch example of the form.... It is brilliant.”

     –billyjoesboy.com on The Surprise 3/8/09. For entire piece: www.billjoesboy.com 

“The Bike Trip was really on and vibrating. [Dockery] has great range, from obsessed silly stoner to philosophical longing and deep understanding of personal grief.... [Dockery] is the curious guy next door who returns from his travels with tales you won’t read in the travel guides. Buy yourself a ticket and go on the trip with him.”

     –Larry Litt on The Bike Trip 2/1/09

The Surprise at The Kraine Theater 2/28/09

Credit Matt Bresler

“Wit, humor and an honest sensitivity to relationships... A fascinating hour of gossip and glamour... hilarious... Dockery is a master at weaving his own personal life into his family saga. Travels, girlfriends, ecstasies and disappointments are masterfully layered with his own brand of neurotic, self-effacing humor.”

    –nytheatre-wire.com on The Surprise 3/7/09.

      For entire article: www.nytheatre-wire.com

“The theatrical hybrid of the website F My Life and a David Sedaris novel... Reminds us that even the cruelest of life’s brutalities can be laughed at.”

     –Washington Square News on The Surprise 3/10/09. For entire piece: www.nyunews.com 

“A natural gift for storytelling... both wildly comic and heart-wrenchingly honest.”

    –The Record Review on Wanderlust 2/28/08    

“Deftly constructed... tight structure and quiet thematic echoes, bursts of spontaneity and metaphorical flourishes... a likeable performer. Truly vivid.”

–The New York Times on The Surprise 5/9/09.  www.nytimes.com

“A tour de force travelogue that leads you through the far reaches of rural West Africa, and also into the restless, spirited searchings of Dockery’s own mind... Vivid and comical. And his story, like that of all gifted storytellers, turns out to be about much more than a meandering journey to Timbuktu. Dockery is the real deal, and Wanderlust is magical.”

—The Orlando Sentinel on Wanderlust 5/18/09.

For entire article: www.orlandosentinel.com

“His relentless energy is so engaging, you want to hang on his every word.”

   –New Theatre Corps on The Surprise 5/16/09. Article: www.newtheatrecorps.blogspot.com

“The best of the best of the best.”

–The Orlando Sentinel on Wanderlust 5/25/09. www.orlandosentinel.com