50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - TNT

It's mostly fun, but to make sure you don't forget the heartbreak involved, there's a sprinkling of truly poignant episodes in this hour long show inspired by audience stories of breaking up and moving on. Most devastating of all is Claire Keelan as a young junkie about to turn hooker in a desperate effort to keep hold of her exploitative "boyfriend." Ralf Little is touching, too, as he delivers a sad little monologue counting down the seconds since the end of his relationship, and he's also suitably street in a witty rap number aimed at his two-timing girlfriend.
There's a running gag in which, over decades, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's attempts to read his bedtime book are constantly thwarted by his partner's unstoppable interruptions, plus a farmer in love with his cow and a young woman (Michelle Terry) unceremoniously dumped by text after she's spent the half the evening, immaculately groomed, waiting for her louse of a date to turn up.
Five writers and director Anthea Williams have concocted an enjoyable mix of scenes, sketches and swift one-liners and come perilously close to convincing all those singletons out there that – even when they think they may have found Mr or Miss Right – the hunt just might not prove worth the effort.
Bush Theatre, Shepherds Bush Green, W12 (020-8743 5050). Until August 9. £13