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NT Live - The Fifth Step

Friday 28th November 2025. Doors open 7pm, screening starts 7.30. Β£10 in advance or on the door.

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.

Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End

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β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… 'Raw, excrutiating and alarmingly funny’
Daily Mail
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β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… β€˜Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman are superb’
Financial Times
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β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… β€˜Laugh-out-loud funny two hander’
Sunday Times
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β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… β€˜Two actors at the top of their game’
Evening Standard