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

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

After a well-received short run at the proscenium arch Royal Lyceum during the Edinburgh International Festival 2024, David ...

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.

That’s life”, sings Frank Sinatra over the sound system, in just one of the many hits from his back catalogue that makes up ...

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 ...

The plays of David Ireland have a tendency to build to an explosion, after long stretches of caustic dialogue and very funny banter. The Fifth Step, though, is a gentler beast whose humour ends with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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