" Wiegold has an impressive sensitivity to atmosphere and a deft hand with periodicity: the commotion of the railway station is beautifully painted, as is the airlessness of Laura's marriage to 'poor, dear Fred' (Paul Carey Jones) - in a highly-effective scene where Laura's fresh, bright soprano tessitura assumes a maudlin mezzo range to match Fred's cloying bass-baritone - and the unwelcome air of corruption that lingers like stale smoke over her assignation with Alec in a borrowed flat.
"As is stands, Brief Encounter is definitely worth seeing - for the uniformly excellent singing of this year's NOS students and the excitement of seeing what can and cannot be done with such iconic material."
Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday, 6th June 2004