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Unicorn West End

Unicorn

Opened: February 4, 2025
Closing: April 26, 2025
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Garrick Theatre
2 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0HH London

Nick: Have you two kissed already?


Polly: No


Kate: Yes


Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there's something missing... something rare and unforeseen…waiting to add a much-needed sparkle…

Unicorn is Mike Bartlett's explicit, funny and provocative new play, directed by James Macdonald, starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split), Stephen Mangan (The Split, Episodes) and Erin Doherty (The Crown, Chloe).

This production contains explicit language, content and scenes of a sexual nature, which some audience members may find intriguing.

__Assisted Performances:__


BSL, Friday 7th March 7.30pm


Audio Described, Saturday 19th April 7.30pm


Captioned, Saturday 5th April 2.30pm


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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Unicorn

Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty supercharge this comedy about an older couple who invite a younger woman into their bed
7 / 10

It's slickly directed by James Macdonald on a set distractingly dominated by a ribbed half-dome that sometimes contracts like a concertina and otherwise acts as a backdrop for garish shadows. Scene changes are accompanied by snatches of the music hall song Daisy, Daisy – a hymn to coupledom involving “a bicycle made for two”, which was changed to “a bisexual” in my school playground. Though the play has flaws, and falls apart completely at the end, it’s never less than a rollicking, stimulating ride. If you’ll pardon the expression.

Mike Bartlett's gloriously funny new comedy uses a throuple to ask teasing questions about modern relationships
8 / 10

Bartlett provocatively poses the thesis that it’s surely better to share and do so honestly than to betray your spouse with lies and secret infidelity. There’s a split in generational attitudes here, with Kate calmly open to new ideas, although Polly also gets a wistful speech about pre-internet romance. Opening the night before Valentine’s Day, this promises to spark heated post-show discussions about contemporary relationships.

Review Roundup: Mike Bartlett's UNICORN Canters Into The West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 14, 2025


Unicorn is Mike Bartlett's explicit, funny and provocative new play, directed by James Macdonald, starring Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty. What did the critics think?

Review: UNICORN, Garrick Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 14, 2025


You would think that Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan had had enough of acting roles surrounding marital discord. In Abi Morgan's hugely popular TV series The Split, the pair have been up and down on the rollercoaster of marriage for years. Now reunited on stage, alongside Erin Doherty, for Mike Bartlett's provocative new play, Unicorn, this is a stellar cast, with an excellent writer. So why does it feel rather hollow?

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