Jack Lowden is "staggeringly good" as the young alcoholic Luka in this revised version of "The Fifth Step" at London's @sohoplace, said Clive Davis in The Times. David Ireland's two-man show is ...

The bold-minded Belfast-born playwright David Ireland has a rare ability to attract top-flight actors for his darkly comic, often taboo-testing work, with unhinged male psyches his forte. In his ...

After many years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James agrees to become the sponsor of newcomer Luka. On the journey to sobriety, the pair bond over black coffee, trade stories, and ...

The U.K.’s National Theatre Live has released a new trailer for “The Fifth Step,” featuring Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses,” “Dunkirk”) and Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (“The ...

Intense performances from Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman illuminate David Ireland’s slippery comedy about alcoholism, faith and masculinity. Lowden is Luka, a young Scot seeking a father figure in ...

National Theatre Live has confirmed the UK cinema release of The Fifth Step, the "bruisingly honest" drama starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman. The stage play, written by David Ireland and ...

Plays like The Fifth Step don't come around often. Those whose layered philosophical exoskeleton sublime their own dramatic contradictions into quietly superb theatre. At its core, though less pure ...

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