Mike Bartlett is very prolific, but this Restoration-style satire on society at London’s Lyric Hammersmith is sadly timid and predictable.
‘Imaginative, innovative and enjoyable’: A PASSAGE TO INDIA – Touring & London ★★★
A Passage to India opened its short national tour at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate Theatre last week and is now thrilling fans at Salisbury Playhouse.
KING CHARLES III – BBC2
Uneasy lies the head that waits for the crown. Mike Barlett’s King Charles III was a deserved award-winning success when it took the Almeida by storm in 2014, transferring into the West End and then Broadway, later touring the UK and Australia too.
THEY DRINK IT IN THE CONGO – Almeida Theatre
New play about Africa’s deadliest conflict is more of a heroic failure than a successful drama.