Screening of the National Theatre Live Production
24th January 2026 at 7.30pm
Minchinhampton Market House
Filmed live from the West End. In cinemas from 27 November 2025
The Fifth Step
by David Ireland
directed by Finn den Hertog
★★★★
Times
★★★★
Evening Standard
★★★★
Daily Express
★★★★★
‘Raw, excruciating and often alarmingly funny’
Daily Mail
★★★★
‘Freeman and Lowden spar like champions’
WhatsOnStage
★★★★★
Daily Mail
★★★★
WhatsOnStage
★★★★
Daily Mirror
★★★★
‘Two actors at the top of their game’
Evening Standard
★★★★
‘Hilarious two-hander’
Guardian
★★★★
Guardian
★★★★
Financial Times
★★★★
Stage
★★★★
‘Jack Lowden is staggeringly good’
Times
★★★★
‘Taut, funny and richly compassionate’
Financial Times
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.
Links:
Web: National Theatre Live – The Fifth Step
Tickets are £12 and can be bought online using the link below
or from the Market Stores, Minchinhampton (a month before the event and cash only)
Please note the bar at this event accepts card payment only