The audience laughs, albeit not with complete ease, as these words open The Fifth Step, the new play from Ulster American ...

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

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

So begins the rollercoaster relationship between the two men, as James, 25 years sober, tries to sponsor newcomer Luka through the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step programme. Key to the process is the ...

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 ...

After many years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James agrees to become the sponsor of newcomer Luka. On ...

The 67-year-old attended the opening night of the play The Fifth Step in the West End in London, England, to cheer on cast ...

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 ...

A new three-part BBC documentary does an absorbing job of demonstrating how intermingled were her life and work: a widowed ...

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 ...