In A Dark Dark House

Thursday, 20 November 2008 - Friday, 16 January 2009

Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, Islington, N1 1TA

How Much: £30.00 (Highest Price) , £6.00 (Lowest Price)

Neil LaBute's latest play makes it's UK debut at the Almeida. Audiences and critics love this writer (despite his horrific pointless remake of The Wicker Man) and Fat Pig was one of the sensations of the summer. In A Dark Dark House again features clever characters who don't really like each other, but it has a much darker subject matter, namely, child abuse.

Steven Mackintosh and David Morrissey play two brothers meeting up in a drying out clinic where the younger, wealthier sibling is rehabilitating and struggling to unearth repressed childhood memories. The older brother is more your mid-western square-jawed capable type and doesn't approve of therapy or bringing up the past. But it erupts anyway.

Full of brilliant insight, with believable characters and great one liners, this is trademark LaBute and should be a hot ticket despite the grim subject matter and mixed reviews in New York.