Casting Revealed For The Fifth Step In London
Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman will star in David Ireland’s The Fifth Step which will receive its West End premiere and showcase for a strictly limited run at @sohoplace this spring, following its premiere last year at the Edinburgh International Festival.
The Fifth Step is an unflinchingly honest play about addiction, faith, and masculinity. The play debuted at the Edinburgh International Festival last year starring Jack Lowden, who reprises his critically acclaimed role as Luka at @sohoplace this spring.
Commenting on the announcement, Jack Lowden stated: "To just be in the room again with David and Finn – two dangerously talented individuals – is a gift in itself. But to now add Martin to the mix, an actor of black belt level skill and a hero of mine, just tops it. I can’t wait for more people to experience The Fifth Step."
Martin Freeman agreed, also commenting: “I’m really looking forward to performing this brilliantly funny, unsettling, unexpected play. David Ireland is something quite special and Jack Lowden is an actor I have tremendous respect for and am looking forward to working with him.”
The play is an intimate portrayal of addiction and admissions which will be set ‘in the round,’ in the venue, offering a snapshot into the deeply private and personal world of AA members James (Martin Freeman) and Luka (Jack Lowden). The pair form an unlikely friendship, quickly bonding over a blend of black coffee and dark humour as they negotiate the 12 steps together. But is everyone, and everything, as it seems?
The production will play a strictly limited 11-week season at @sohoplace from 10th May 2025. The Fifth Step tickets will be on sale from Monday, 27 January.
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