Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court, London: Joe Penhall returns to the Royal Court with his second mainstage play in a six month period. After Haunted Child, which was about a father going off the rails in front of his bewildered wife and young son, the challenges of parenting are once again at the centre of Birthday. It also puts the twin crises of masculinity and the state of the NHS under the microscope, too,…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:30AM on June 29, 2012