Vassa

Unfortunately, what lets this production down is its lack of clarity in its intention

Though the inheritance plot is as flat as each character, so many doors revolving keeps the action moving, and we’re treated to a good line now and then

Here theatre has fallen far, far short

The material demands a gift for the grand gesture that leaves too many of the actors visibly at sea

Mike Bartlett's histrionic-fuelled family saga is like a sub-par Succession

A rare misfire from north London’s creative powerhouse

Offbeat and darkly funny, if messy, adaptation of Maxim Gorky's play

A vivid, horribly vital production

Vassa remains resolutely earthbound, not quite funny enough or black enough to make its mark