“…in The Nation’s Assets by Michelle Read, a pair of financial analysts try hard to generate a sexual charge from the rise and fall of the global share index.”

The Guardian

“The Nation’s Assets is a hilarious sketch about two NAMA officials making out in the photocopy room.”

Sunday Times

“The Nation’s Assets sexes up finance in a way that has to be seen to be believed and gives a whole new meaning to the expression the country is f**ked.”

Evening Herald

“Michelle Read’s depiction of the rise and fall of the economy as a night of spectacularly awkward sex in The Nation’s Assets: “I think I’m overextended.” groans the superb (Don) Wycherly.”

The Irish Time

“Michelle Read’s The Nation’s Assets sharply satirises the Celtic Tiger’s rise and fall in the shape of a frantically and mutually encouraging lovemaking couple.”

Irish Independent

“(In The Nation’s Assets) …the technical language of politics and economics is put to highly unorthodox use in a raunchy sexual interlude between (actors) Don Wycherley and Kate Stanley Brennan.”

The Irish Mail on Sunday