Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden Spar in Crisply Funny Alcoholics Anonymous Play The Fifth Step

Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden spar in crisply funny Alcoholics Anonymous play The Fifth Step

A candid, compassionate examination of honesty, faith and masculinity is revived at Soho Place, London

REVIEW: The Fifth Step

Rating: 4 out of 5. “In The Fifth Step, award-winning playwright David Ireland returns with a bang, dissecting the sharp, layered, and witty dynamics on the road to sobriety.” “Porn 20 times a day” shouts Luka (Jack Lowden), dressed in a tracksuit, his leg trembling. Across the stage, stands Dave, (Martin Freeman), an older man with slicked-back grey hair raising his eyebrows at the audience while challenging Luka’s need for excessive self-pleas…

The Fifth Step – @sohoplace - North West End UK

David Ireland’s Edinburgh Fringe hit The Fifth Step transfers to London, making its debut at @sohoplace in a new version with substantial changes. Staying from its Edinburgh run is Jack Lowden with Martin Freeman joining to complete the two-hander.  The title refers to the fifth step of the 12-step programme; writing down everything which brings guilt and shame so you can tell them to a trusted friend in order to reduce the chance that these wil…

Review: The Fifth Step - Soho Place - southlondon.co.uk

There’s no Higher Power, just two actors giving a high-power performance I’ve been excited about this ever since securing a ticket. Just seeing the names Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden in David Ireland’s two-hander The Fifth Step was enough for me, writes Michael Holland. I wanted to see these two battle it out in the round, squaring up to each other in the boxing ring of blue light, and the battle began straightaway when Luka (Lowden) said to h…

The Fifth Step, @sohoplace review: Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman star in this sardonic comedy

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

THE FIFTH STEP review by thespyinthestalls at @Sohoplace

THE FIFTH STEP @Sohoplace ★★★★ “the direction is slick and there’s always a sense that something is around the corner” About halfway through this bracing alcohol-and-redemption two-hander, James suddenly appears in a rabbit’s head. This is a call-back to a dream that Luka recounts, Luka being a newcomer to the step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the dream, his sponsor James appears like a rabbit, and so he does again in real life. This i…