In My Name - TNT

In what appears to be the immediate aftermath of the July 7th bombings, supermarket shelf stacker Grim is completely unconcerned about the chaos outside the messy flat he shares with new flatmate Egg. He's far morebothered about the aimless state of his life – and by Egg's edgy behaviour.
Although there's some snappy dialogue, the construction of Steven Hevey's 90 minute transfer from the Old Red Lion is ropey. After an unnecessary interval, what begins as a rather laboured comedy (with a lot of chat aboutnon-functioning mobile phones and childish board games) escalates into intense, small-scale violence. All the same, the lack of morality and muddled sense of identity of young Brits comes powerfully across, thanks in no small part to a couple of knockout performances – from Kevin Watt as disturbed ex-soldier Egg who can't forget what he's seen and done whilst purportedly serving his country, and from Ray Panthaki's fast-talking, coke-snorting Royal whose streetwise bravado crumbles into snivelling terror.
But, poignantly, the unforgettable moment of the evening came when Panthaki stilled the first night applause to dedicate the performance to his girlfriend's brother – 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who had been pointlessly knifed to death just days before.
Trafalgar Studios (2), Whitehall, SW1 (0870-060 6632). Until July 19. Tickets £22.50 (£15.00 on Monday).