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“Richard Shelton is quite simply phenomenal…… His voice has exactly the right tone; he has that twinkle in his eye; he has that anger that flowed out of every Sinatra pore”.
BBC Nottingham– Rat Pack Confidential
“What can I say – Richard Shelton is a true star and gave the most brilliant performance as Frank Sinatra!”
Kate Courtney – CNN Showbiz
“He has a seemingly effortless style that is unforced but highly polished. Few can carry this off this combination but Shelton, who obviously has very bright future ahead of him”.
Mark Shenton – Daily Express – On Shelton’s own cabaret show
“Singing the hits with style, Sinatra is marvellously played by Richard Shelton with a smile that turns on and off like a lightbulb and an edge of near psychotic violence and comes across as a 24-carat bastard”.
Charles Spencer – The Daily Telegraph – Rat Pack Confidential
“Richard Shelton’s splendidly tough yet laid back performance as authentic a rat and a pack-leader”.
Benedict Nightingale – The Times – Rat Pack Confidential
“Sinatra emerges as the worst kind of playground bully and Richard Shelton captures perfectly his string-pulling menace”.
Michael Billington – The Guardian – Rat Pack Confidential
“Richard Shelton is Frank Sinatra – it is incredible”
Howard Mutte-Mewse – Turner Classic Movies
“Richard Shelton in particular conveys a fearsome impression of how vile Sinatra could be when he was crossed (and sometimes wasn’t)”.
John Gross - The Sunday Telegraph – Rat Pack Confidential
“A stand out performance from Richard Shelton, as a steely-eyed son-of-a-bitch Sinatra”.
Alan Hulme – Manchester Evening News – Rat Pack Confidential
“Richard Shelton’s portrayal of Sinatra is one of the best performances I have seen in a long time”
Beverly Greenberg – Bolton Evening News – Rat Pack Confidential
“A five-strong cast especially Richard Shelton as Sinatra”.
Fiona Mountford – London Evening Standard - Rat Pack Confidential
“Richard Shelton is mesmerising and disturbing as Sinatra. He is polite and charming one moment but in a second displays a private, volatile side to his nature”.
Jo MacDonald – Evening Star - Rat Pack Confidential
“A rapturous response especially thanks to Richard Shelton as an unnervingly authentic Sinatra”.
Pat Ashworth – The Stage - Rat Pack Confidential
