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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Now on the West End, this authentic but patchy study of alcoholism from David Ireland is saved by terrific performances from ...

Plays like The Fifth Step don't come around often. Those whose layered philosophical exoskeleton props up their own dramatic ...

His latest work, The Fifth Step, focuses on an intense relationship between a troubled young man and his older Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. First seen at Edinburgh last summer, it now runs ...

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 ...

the fifth step is an act of confession, where the participant is required to admit the harm they have done to others. But it is the very first step – an honest acknowledgement that the ...