The Fifth Step – The Lyceum, Edinburgh
World Premier
The fifth step of the AA 12 step recovery program states,
Admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs.
This exercise begins to provide emotional, mental and spiritual relief. By sharing wrong with a trusted confidant, guilt and shame start to melt away.
At least, that’s the theory.
The Fifth Step, a play by David Ireland, received its World premier tonight. A dark comedy, directed by Finn den Hertog, stars a brilliantly watchable Jack Lowden as Luka, a recovering alcoholic searching for a sponsor in the Alcoholics Anonymous program. He meets James, a recovered alcoholic, played with assurance and sensitivity by Sean Gilder, an older man who, initially at least, seems ideal to guide him through the twelve steps.
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