Paul Allen: A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays pp.73-79, Faber & Faber, 2004, ISBN 0571214924
Paul Allen: Alan Ayckbourn - Grinning at the Edge* pp.189-194, 198-199, 204-207, Methuen, 2001, ISBN 0413731200
Michael Billington: Alan Ayckbourn (2nd Ed)* pp.156-163, Palgrave, 1990, ISBN 0333498976
Albert-Reiner Glaap: Ayckbourn Country (2nd Ed)* pp.88-92, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2004, ISBN 3884766783
Michael Holt: Alan Ayckbourn* pp.45-48, Northcote House, 1999, ISBN 0746308590
Albert E. Kalson: Laughter In The Dark* pp.130-134, 149-153, Associated Universities Press, 1991, ISBN 0838634796
Daniel Rosenthal: The National Theatre Story Oberon Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1840027686
Ian Watson: Conversations With Ayckbourn* pp.125-128, 162-166, Faber and Faber, 1988, ISBN 0571151922
Sidney Howard White: Alan Ayckbourn* pp.131-134, Twayne Publishers, 1984, ISBN 080576870X

* indicates out of print

How To Sail A Real Boat Onto Stage John North, 13 October 1981
Upstream On Stage Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, 8 October 1981
Still Hoping For Heroes Bryan Appleyard, The Times, 18 August 1982
Why Boat Comedy Is Up Creek Again Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, 1 October 1982
How Three Men In A Boat keep New Comedy Afloat Daily Mail, 5 October 1982
Gremlins Get In On Act Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, 13 December 1982
Revealed - Ayckbourn's Three Men In A Boat Lynda Murdin, Evening Standard, 24 December 1982
Watery Spectacle Has Not Been Plain Sailing Jenny Shields, Daily Telegraph, 11 January 1983
That Pioneering Spirit John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 24 January 1983
Water Challenge A Fantastic Success Marie Daniels, Scarborough Evening News, 15 November 2003
You've All Been Wonderful, Darlings Daniel Rosenthal, Sunday Times Magazine, 3 November 2013

Ayckbourn Afloat Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 5 October 1981
North Paul Allen, Drama, Sprint 1982
Way Upstream Anthony Curtis, Financial Times, 14 October 1981
Way Upstream Robin Thornber, The Guardian, 5 October 1981
Nude-Look Ayckbourn David Jeffels, Northern Echo, 5 October 1981
Nudity On Stage Lynne Curry, Scarborough Evening News, Scarborough Mercury, 3 October 1981
Cruising Hermione Lee, Time Literary Supplement, 23 October 1981
A Cheeky End To New Play David Jeffels, Yorkshire Evening Press, 5 October 1981
Creating Waves Of Enjoyment Yorkshire Gazette, 15 October 1981
Way Upstream Desmond Pratt, Yorkshire Post, 5 October 1981

Way Upstream Country Life, 28 October 1982
All Hands To The Pumps Jack Tinker, Daily Mail, 5 October 1982
Ayckbourn Sails In To A Success John Barber, Daily Telegraph, 5 October 1982
Way Upstream Michael Coveney, Financial Times, 5 October 1982
Way Upstream Michael Billington, The Guardian, 5 October 1982
Ayckbourn's Upstream Sinks Sheridan Morley, International Herald Tribune, 13 October 1982
Disaster Downstream David Nathan, Jewish Chronicle, 8 October 1982
New Plays J.C. Trewin, The Lady, 22 October 1982
All In The Same Boat Benedict Nightingale, New Statesman, 8 October 1982
Way Upstream The Observer, 10 October 1982
National Shipwreck Sheridan Morley, Punch, 13 October 1982
Deep Waters Mark Amory, The Spectator, 9 October 1982
Way Upstream Peter Hepple, The Stage, 14 October 1982
Sailing Into Deep Water Christopher Hudson, The Standard, 5 October 1982
Theatre Clive Hirschhorn, Sunday Express, 10 October 1982
Way Upstream Sunday Telegraph, 10 October 1982
Way Upstream Sunday Times, 10 October 1982
Theatre Anthony Holden, Tatler, December 1982
Watery Grave Irving Wardle, The Times, 5 October 1982
Unease At Armageddon Bridge Ronald Hayman, Times Literary Supplement, 22 October 1982
That Sinking Feeling What's On, 22 October 1982

Way Upstream Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times, 24 October 2003
Way Upstream Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, 24 October 2003
Ayckbourn's Talent In Full Flow Marie Daniels, Scarborough Evening News, 23 October 2003
Way Upstream Dave Windass, The Stage, 6 November 2003
Way Upstream Teletext, 24 October 2003
Way Upstream Ian Watson, whatsonstage.com, 24 October 2003
Way Upstream Charles Hutchinson, Yorkshire Evening Press, 24 October 2003

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.