Joe Penhall’s tense play reminds us that MPs conduct their work in a hostile environment
Talk about topical. The Old Vic must have known The Constituent would be timely when they programmed it, but at that point the odds of Joe Penhall’s riveting new political drama opening just a week before polling day were — well, perhaps best not to talk in betting terms right now . . . But here it is, landing onstage just as the mudslinging scandals of a grisly election campaign reach their height.
Corden’s Alec fiddles around with a new security system he’s installing while delivering a stream of blokeish banter with typical flair. But already the issues are lurking in the shadows: he talks of safety; Maxwell Martin’s Monica, on a phone-call to her husband, recommends “de-escalating” a tricky situation. Alec, an ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan, is volatile and troubled and is soon badgering her to intercede in his custody fight.
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