Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman have terrific chemistry in this slippery comedy - 4/5 The two actors tackle challenging ...

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David Ireland’s new brutal exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous has some brilliant moments, but it fails to pack a real punch ...

Read our review of *The Fifth Step*, written by David Ireland, now in performances at @sohoplace to 26 July. Read more ...

Plays like The Fifth Step don't come around often. Those whose layered philosophical exoskeleton props up their own dramatic ...

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Caustic playwright David Ireland unexpectedly finds God in this erratic dark comedy starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman ...

Now on the West End, this authentic but patchy study of alcoholism from David Ireland is saved by terrific performances from ...

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Freeman and Lowden spar like champions. The Fifth Step, carefully directed by Finn den Hertog, spins through many moods and multiple questions but it never loses its grip. It is a fascinating study of ...