Jack Lowden is "staggeringly good" as the young alcoholic Luka in this revised version of "The Fifth Step" at London's ...

Written by David Ireland and directed by Finn den Hertog, The Fifth Step opened in the West End earlier this month after an ...

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

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

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

The Blues' season is on the ropes, but their problems are not insurmountable. Their biggest issue is efficiency in front of ...

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 ...

The audience laughs, albeit not with complete ease, as these words open The Fifth Step, the new play from Ulster American writer David Ireland, which lands in the West End after first premiering at ...

There is a slight feeling of insularity to The Fifth Step, perhaps because (as he tells us in a very frank programme note) it’s rooted in Ireland’s own experiences of drink-dependency ...

You can now get a first look at photos of the West End transfer of David Ireland’s acclaimed new play The Fifth Step, ...