"TULP is a revelation - a confronting, sometimes unbearably intimate collage of what it means to be human."
-- Harriet CUNNINGHAM, Sydney Morning Herald

"I came out from the experience genuinely exhilarated and satisfied  . . .  a wonderfully rich and characteristic visual language, strong themes and some great materials."
-- Damien RICKETSON, Artistic Director, Ensemble Offspring

"A group that is internationally renowned for its uncompromising modernity amazed with beautiful baroque music; singing songs that linked the body, death and the passions with orgasmic sackbut and masterly theorbo accompanying."
-- Jeremy ECCLES, Canberra Times 23 January 2004

"Tulp is another work of extremes, again about the body and our ambivalent relationship to it, but the dynamic between pain and release, despair and hope is this time delicately balanced. In its most accessible work to date, the Elision new music ensemble has created a wonderful hybrid, fusing documentary, new music and digital art into a vibrant new form of music theatre. Composer John Rogers and interdisciplinary artist Justine Cooper come together to realise a sustained reverie on the body, from birth to death, with many remarkable tales told by volunteers. "
-- Keith GALLASCH, RealTime 59

"A cut above the rest"
-- Joyce MORGAN, Sydney Morning Herald

" . . .  Tulp: The Body Public is an experience. It involves theatrical provocation and evocation of thought and emotion in each spectator fortunate enough to secure a seat. Tulp is a brilliant response to questions about physicality, the body's fortitude and frailty over lifetimes of experience. Told in intelligent, insightful and innovative terms, Tulp: The Body Public offers a post-modern take on Rembrandt's subject in a most memorable manner."
-- Prue AHRENS Media-Culture Online (Brisbane Season)