National Theatre Live is leaning into the cultural momentum of Dry January with a series of nationwide screenings of The ...

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 ...

The bold-minded Belfast-born playwright David Ireland has a rare ability to attract top-flight actors for his darkly comic, often taboo-testing work, with unhinged male psyches his forte. In his ...

Luka (Jack Lowden) is new to AA. He meets James (Sean Gilder) an older man who has been in the programme for years who advises him to get a sponsor. After some initial chat, Luka asks James if he ...

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 ...

After many years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James agrees to become the sponsor of newcomer Luka. On the cusp of Step 5, their conversations must turn to confessionals, with ...

The U.K.’s National Theatre Live has released a new trailer for “The Fifth Step,” featuring Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses,” “Dunkirk”) and Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (“The ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

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 ...