On Courtenay... "By turns exciting and tender, thought-provoking and uplifting, Courtenay is set around 20 years after the Peterloo massacre and looks behind the curious story of the last battle to be fought on English soil and makes a cracking, three-dimensional show of it. Composer, orchestrator and musical director, Ethan Lewis Maltby, not yet 30 but nevertheless a self-confessed fan of the swashbuckling era, has sewn a rich seam of interwoven themes throughout the two acts. His music hits spot."