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For a play built on the foundations of a sex comedy, its ideas about love are far more provocative.
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
🗞️ Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
🗞️ Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
Review: Unicorn (Garrick Theatre)
Mike Bartlett’s Unicorn seduces with sex comedy, but dismantles assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
theatregb.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For a play built on the foundations of a sex comedy, its ideas about love are far more provocative.
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
🗞️ Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
🗞️ Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
Unicorn is, at its core, a play about assumptions.
I assumed I knew what this play would be, just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
I assumed I knew what this play would be, just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Unicorn is, at its core, a play about assumptions.
I assumed I knew what this play would be, just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
I assumed I knew what this play would be, just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
The fact that Unicorn is explicitly set in 2025 is no accident. Bartlett presents polyamory as the next great social revolution. A response to monogamy’s failures. A blueprint for love & survival. But does Unicorn interrogate this enough?
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The fact that Unicorn is explicitly set in 2025 is no accident. Bartlett presents polyamory as the next great social revolution. A response to monogamy’s failures. A blueprint for love & survival. But does Unicorn interrogate this enough?
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Beneath the comedy, Unicorn is a play about:
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beneath the comedy, Unicorn is a play about:
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
I’ll admit it—I had Unicorn pegged all wrong.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ll admit it—I had Unicorn pegged all wrong.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
For a play built on the foundations of a sex comedy, its ideas about love are far more provocative.
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
Review: Unicorn (Garrick Theatre)
Mike Bartlett’s Unicorn seduces with sex comedy, but dismantles assumptions about love, power, and polyamory.
theatregb.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For a play built on the foundations of a sex comedy, its ideas about love are far more provocative.
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
It might leave the pearl-clutching matinee crowd squirming—but that’s exactly the point.
Read the full review at theatregb.com/2025/02/14/r...
Unicorn is, at its core, a play about assumptions
I assumed I knew what this play would be. Just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
I assumed I knew what this play would be. Just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Unicorn is, at its core, a play about assumptions
I assumed I knew what this play would be. Just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
I assumed I knew what this play would be. Just as we assume we understand love, control, and the shape relationships should take.
Bartlett dismantles those certainties, exposing the contradictions, power struggles, and unspoken fears beneath them.
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Where the play occasionally falters, it’s lifted by a cast truly at the top of their game.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
🔹 Stephen Mangan (Nick) wears the role like a glove.
🔹 Nicola Walker (Polly) is both quietly affecting and deeply funny.
🔹 Erin Doherty (Kate) is the standout. A sledgehammer to the couple’s repression.
The fact that Unicorn is explicitly set in 2025 is no accident. Bartlett presents polyamory as the next great social revolution. A response to monogamy’s failures. A blueprint for love & survival. But does Unicorn interrogate this enough?
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The fact that Unicorn is explicitly set in 2025 is no accident. Bartlett presents polyamory as the next great social revolution. A response to monogamy’s failures. A blueprint for love & survival. But does Unicorn interrogate this enough?
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bartlett is a master at taking ideas that could be played for easy laughs and twisting them into something weightier.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Here, the British sex comedy is the Trojan horse; inside is a play about identity and repression. This isn’t just a play about sex. It’s a play about what we use sex to cover up.
Beneath the comedy, Unicorn is a play about:
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Beneath the comedy, Unicorn is a play about:
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
🌀 Ageing
💭 Fantasy vs Reality
🔪 Repression & Power
🎭 The lies we tell ourselves
And whether we can ever be truly honest—not just with the people we love, but with ourselves.
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Nick and Polly, a middle-class couple in a midlife lull, decide to shake things up by inviting a younger third—Polly’s student Kate—into their relationship.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
What starts as a brisk, innuendo-laden romp quickly deepens into something unsettling and existential.
I’ll admit it—I had Unicorn pegged all wrong.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’ll admit it—I had Unicorn pegged all wrong.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
Maybe it was the title. Maybe it was the playful branding. Maybe it was the cast of three of Britain’s most recognisable TV actors.
Whatever the reason, I expected something fun, flirty, and maybe a little forgettable. Of course, that was my mistake.
📅 Previews start 6 June 2025. Tickets are on sale now at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Don’t miss this heroic adventure on the West End stage! 🏺⚡
🗞️ For full cast details, and to find out more, read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/f...
🗞️ For full cast details, and to find out more, read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/f...
Full cast announced for West End premiere of Disney’s Hercules
Find out who’s going the distance to Drury Lane this summer.
theatregb.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📅 Previews start 6 June 2025. Tickets are on sale now at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Don’t miss this heroic adventure on the West End stage! 🏺⚡
🗞️ For full cast details, and to find out more, read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/f...
🗞️ For full cast details, and to find out more, read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/f...
💪Adapted from Disney’s 1997 animated classic, Hercules tells the story of a demigod on a quest to prove himself and reclaim his place on Mount Olympus.
🏺 Featuring legendary songs like “Go the Distance” and “Zero to Hero,” this production arrives fresh from its Hamburg premiere last year.
🏺 Featuring legendary songs like “Go the Distance” and “Zero to Hero,” this production arrives fresh from its Hamburg premiere last year.
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
💪Adapted from Disney’s 1997 animated classic, Hercules tells the story of a demigod on a quest to prove himself and reclaim his place on Mount Olympus.
🏺 Featuring legendary songs like “Go the Distance” and “Zero to Hero,” this production arrives fresh from its Hamburg premiere last year.
🏺 Featuring legendary songs like “Go the Distance” and “Zero to Hero,” this production arrives fresh from its Hamburg premiere last year.
The iconic Muses are ready to bring the house down, with:
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The iconic Muses are ready to bring the house down, with:
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
🎤 Candace Furbert as Thalia
🎵 Sharlene Hector as Clio
🎶 Brianna Ogunbawo as Melpomene
🎼 Malinda Parris as Calliope
🎧 Robyn Rose-Li as Terpsichore
🌟 Kamilla Fernandes as Standby Muse
Joining the previously announced Luke Brady as Hercules is:
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
January 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Joining the previously announced Luke Brady as Hercules is:
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
💃 Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg
🐐 Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton) as Phil
🔥 Stephen Carlile (The Lion King) as Hades
✨ Craig Gallivan and Lee Zarrett as Bob and Charles
🎟️ Tickets and details at nationaltheatrescotland.com. Don’t miss Brian Cox’s highly anticipated return to the Scottish stage! 🌟
🗞️ Read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/b...
🗞️ Read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/b...
Brian Cox to star in James Graham’s new RBS drama Make It Happen
The legendary actor returns to the National Theatre of Scotland, as the full season is announced today
theatregb.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎟️ Tickets and details at nationaltheatrescotland.com. Don’t miss Brian Cox’s highly anticipated return to the Scottish stage! 🌟
🗞️ Read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/b...
🗞️ Read the full story at theatregb.com/2025/01/24/b...
🧑⚕️ Black Hole Sign by Uma Nada-Rajah, a poignant drama about NHS nurses.
☕️ The Fifth Step by David Ireland: The acclaimed two-hander starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman transfers to London’s @sohoplace (May–July).
☕️ The Fifth Step by David Ireland: The acclaimed two-hander starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman transfers to London’s @sohoplace (May–July).
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🧑⚕️ Black Hole Sign by Uma Nada-Rajah, a poignant drama about NHS nurses.
☕️ The Fifth Step by David Ireland: The acclaimed two-hander starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman transfers to London’s @sohoplace (May–July).
☕️ The Fifth Step by David Ireland: The acclaimed two-hander starring Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman transfers to London’s @sohoplace (May–July).
📖 Also announced for NTOS 2025:
🍪 Through the Shortbread Tin by Martin O’Connor (touring rural venues, April–May).
❣️ Small Acts of Love by Frances Poet, reflecting on the bonds forged in Lockerbie.
🍪 Through the Shortbread Tin by Martin O’Connor (touring rural venues, April–May).
❣️ Small Acts of Love by Frances Poet, reflecting on the bonds forged in Lockerbie.
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📖 Also announced for NTOS 2025:
🍪 Through the Shortbread Tin by Martin O’Connor (touring rural venues, April–May).
❣️ Small Acts of Love by Frances Poet, reflecting on the bonds forged in Lockerbie.
🍪 Through the Shortbread Tin by Martin O’Connor (touring rural venues, April–May).
❣️ Small Acts of Love by Frances Poet, reflecting on the bonds forged in Lockerbie.