Monostatos (The Magic Flute) - Charles Court Opera
"Monostatos has become a randy trigger-happy English officer; an unlovable rogue made, suitably, even more unloveable by Joe Ashmore."
- Daniel Lewis (The Times)
"Joe Ashmore makes much of the reimagined Monostatos, here played as a Western explorer in pith helmet. His gangly portrayal suits the character and is often very funny."
- Chris Abbot (West End Best Friend)
"Joe Ashmore, as Sarastro’s ill-fated, hard-done-by Monostatos, is a bit of a lecherous cad, yet his tongue-in-cheek portrayal is somehow endearing."
- Jonathan Evans (The Spy in the Stalls)
"His servant, the lecherous Monastatos, played by Joe Ashmore, was convincingly evil."
- Fiona Maclean (London Unattached)
"Matthew Kellet and Joe Ashmore’s Papageno and Monostatos rung every ounce of comedy they could from their roles."
- Srabani Sen (London Pub Theatres Magazine)
"Joe Ashmore’s lecherous, pith helmeted Monostatos is finely sung."
- Effie Gray (Musical Theatre Review)
"Joe Ashmore twirls his moustachios like a villain in a silent film."
- Chris Lilly (The Reviews Hub)
"Joe Ashmore made a suitably slimy Monostatos"
- Planet Hugill
"Joe Ashmore puts in a nice comic turn as Monostatos"
- J. C. (London Living Large)
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Baritone Soloist (Carmina Burana) - Guernsey Choral & Orchestral Society
“Joe Ashmore’s resonant baritone (and appearance) suggested a monkish purity… with distinctly sensual overtones…
We now moved into the Tavern, where the effect of drink unleashes extremes of character: Joe ‘Burning inside with violent anger’ kept his eloquent tone while negotiating the tortuous turns of the piece…
‘I am the Abbot’, showed Joe Ashmore’s versatility, here embodying a superior cleric in love with his own voice and vibrating with self-importance”
– Julia Meredith (St James' Guernsey)