“From A Distance ... has wit, energy and a good helping of social conscience… this is political theatre with bite.”
The Sun Herald, 9/4/06

“Theatre like this needs to be made. We need to interrogate the facts behind the facts, the background stories and contexts that contribute to significant events. We need theatre that is provocative, entertaining and contradictory, and Version 1.0 is certainly tackling the hard issues. Let’s define Australianness as questioning our judgements, our politicians, our media. Not, as some might have it, defining Australianness by listing our so-called shared values. Politics- what an Aussie BBQ stopper!”
The Sydney Stage, 6/4/06

“provocative and timely”
The Australian, 20/3/2006

“startling and engaging…Theatre that’s political and funny, excellent!”
Vibewire, 30/3/06

“Bursting at the seams with challenging ideas…provokes the uncomfortable frission of genuinely political theatre… It picks at a scab on our national psyche and never fails to be provocative and thought-provoking.”
The Age, 23/3/2006

“a brilliant explosion of what it means to be Australian, and indeed Un-Australian… I can only really compare them to the UK’s Forced Entertainment in style with the exception that Version 1.0 focus their attention on a central issue which makes them a damn site better in my opinion. ... these guys are doing a kind of work that no other company in Australia is doing and it’s a shame they’re way the hell up in Sydney. Move the hell down to Melbourne guys.”
Beat 23/3/2006