Arcola theatre, London
Madeleine Brettingham’s play aims to unpick male friendships and send up criminal groupies, but it treats the subject of mental health too lightly to make it meaningful

It starts off with marital infidelity after Dave discovers his wife has been writing love letters to a prisoner in a high-security hospital facility. Outraged, he writes to Martin himself and Martin writes back.

So Dave and Martin begin as pen-pals before becoming real-life pals when Dave starts visiting – and inexplicably relying on Martin’s guidance for matters of love and romance.