Review: Now Or Later

But there is an internet-fuelled scandal brewing about video footage of John at a nude college party that he gatecrashed dressed as Mohammed. The Democrat party and the next President (Matthew Marsh) want John to publicly apologise.

But we are not talking about Prince Harry dressed as a Nazi here. The political motive behind John's jape was to expose the hypocrisy of his peers on campus who defend Muslim sensitivities by attacking American values, and then throw the kind of party that in many Islamic societies would be punishable by death. The fact that John would be hanged in Iran for being gay loads his arguments even more.

This is a play, tightly directed by Dominic Cooke, about the clash of Islamic, liberal and, where Shinn examines the father-son relationship, family values. It may be verbose, but it is thrillingly articulate. And thanks to Redmayne's excellent performance, moving too. (Tel: 020 7565 5000)