Even with ex-Spooks star Rupert Penry-Jones, Michael Wynne’s strongly cast new play is unlikely to continue the Court’s recent run of West End transfers.
The only real surprise is that the building in question isn’t the famous rehab centre but a remote country pile rented by recently-dumped writer Kate (Jessica Hynes) and her thirty-something friends to see in the New Year.
However, this reunion treads an uneasy path between farcical comedy and disillusioned pathos without hitting the heights or plumbing the lows.
Joseph Millson’s gay architect and Rachael Stirling’s bitch of a TV producer impress, but this is familiar territory that’s been visited more imaginatively – and less predictably – before.
Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS, (royalcourttheatre.com). Until Jan 16. £10-£25
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