As characterized by Kuo Pao-kun, founder of the Singapore Performing Arts School, "Stan Lai's theatrical work can't be pigeonholed. It's an exceptional form of theater, being neither Chinese nor Taiwanese, neither Eastern nor Western, neither elegant nor vulgar, conforming neither to this rule nor that.
新加坡實踐戲劇學院創辦人郭寶崑曾言：「賴聲川的劇場沒有現成的參考規範，是一種比較特異的劇場；不中不台、不東不西、不雅不俗、不規不矩，把八個不字改為八個又字，這話仍舊適用。」