Review – Letters from Max, love, loss, lyricism
Sarah Ruhl’s epistolary play about poet Max Ritvo is a tender, witty meditation on life, art and mortality, delicately staged at Hampstead Theatre.
Review – Radiant Boy, of spectres and squandered opportunity
Crisp writing and a strong cast can’t save Radiant Boy from its own lack of conviction. An exorcism with no menace is no exorcism at all.
Review – The Fifth Step, funny, fraught and flawed
Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden spark in a sharp, chaotic AA two-hander that juggles redemption and rabbit gags with wit, energy, and frustrating lack of depth.
Review – The Comedy About Spies, shaken, stirred and silly
Mischief’s latest farce, The Comedy About Spies, is a Bond-flavoured blast of chaos, puns and precision, proving this troupe’s comic formula still works.
Review – House of Games walks a tonal tightrope
Richard Bean’s adaptation of Mamet’s thriller blends noir with comedy, but its split personality leaves suspense and satire jostling for control.
Review – The Gang of Three, a clash of the titans
This Labour history is a punchy, gin-rich political psychodrama where egos clash, history pivots, and Britain’s fate slips through old hands.