A Life in the Theatre

Patrick Stewart is stage veteran Robert to Joshua Jackson's young actor John in David Mamet's bittersweet examination of the jagged uncertainties of a life in theatre.

Director Lindsay Posner, who tackled Oleanna with mixed success last year, takes the helm for this portrait of two actors chewing the fat at a clapped-out, old rep theatre.

Previewing from Thur 27 Jan, first night Wed 2 Feb, Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (0870 154 4040).