Lullabies for the Lost, Old Red Lion Theatre

Text of the day: “It’s football.”

The whole point of timely revivals of contemporary new plays is that their meaning morphs in front of your eyes.

Yesterday I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott, and performed in the Old Red Lion theatre and pub.

The rude health of contemporary playwriting can be seen in the number of new writers that are beginning to come through, often via the Royal Court’s Young Writers Programme, having…