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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: NT Live will begin its next broadcast season in September with a series of buzzy plays, including The Fifth Step, the latest stage work from David Ireland, which stars Jack Lowden (Slow ...

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 ...

A lot has changed since David Ireland’s The Fifth Step had its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival last August. It’s still a play that teeters between comedy and dark horror, as it ...

Two men, one younger and wearing a tracksuit, the other in a smart shirt and trousers, sit across a circle of collapsible chairs from each other. “I think I might be an incel,” ponders the younger man ...

Complete Information About National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step in San Francisco / Bay Area at Hammer Theatre Center (Feb 25 – Feb 27, 2026). Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) ...

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 ...

When I arrived in England years ago for my studies, I was fairly shocked at my new classmates’ drinking. That’s not just because most American undergraduates are legally prohibited from purchasing ...

Playwright David Ireland, Belfast-born and Glasgow-based, likes to shock. He also likes making people laugh. It’s this combination that allows his plays to be so unsettling and incendiary. Jack Lowden ...

EXCLUSIVE: NT Live will begin its next broadcast season in September with a series of buzzy plays, including The Fifth Step, the latest stage work from David Ireland, which stars Jack Lowden (Slow ...