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 ...

Slow Horses star Jack Lowden takes on Martin Freeman in AA drama The Fifth Step that is not at all what you expect.

Freeman and Lowden spar like champions. The Fifth Step, carefully directed by Finn den Hertog, spins through many moods and ...

Lowden plays the Dafoe anecdote with a superb poker face, while Freeman fills the many repetitions in James’s dialogue with ...

Jack Lowden reprises his performance from last summer's production, but does David Ireland's play impress the press? Fergus ...

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 theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

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