"The young girls conveyed a believable innocence and excitability... Martha played by Fran Isherwood, although a small part, was perhaps the most girl-like girl, her sweetness making the trials of her family life all the more tragic." - Rose Rea for Nouse 2010, 'Spring Awakening' "Isherwood must be commended on her performance, perhaps the strongest of the show. She was excellent in portraying Cassandra’s near-perpetual alcoholic stupor, persistently pushed to the edge but holding on to the last smidgeon of composure. One of her final monologues lead to a real lump-in-the-throat moment. She effectively conveyed Cassandra’s unremitting disenchantment with her marriage, her career, even the quality of the hotel room." - Francesca Murray-Fuentes for The Yorker 2010, 'Couldn't Ask For Another' "Blessed with apparently boundless energy, Isherwood is a joy to watch throughout and delivers the play’s most heart-breaking monologue with a degree of confidence and composure that is deeply moving." - Charles Rivington for The Yorker 2010, 'Attempts on Her Life' "Fran Isherwood managed to perform the role of the furiously quick-witted tease brilliantly and with apparent ease." - Edward Grande for Nouse 2011, 'Road' "the fantastic performances of Fran Isherwood, whose psychologically turbulent Catharine was played with...