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PATRICK MARMION reviews Unicorn at the Garrick Theatre, London: Trigger warning: Sexual candour but mushy..

PATRICK MARMION: Mike Bartlett's new play starring Nicola Walker from the BBC's never-ending divorce saga The Split has one of the best trigger warnings you'll see in theatre

Mike Bartlett’s new play starring Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan from the BBC ’s never-ending divorce saga The Split – alongside Erin Doherty (the young Princess Anne from The Crown) — has one of the best trigger warnings you’ll see in theatre: ‘Contains explicit scenes of a sexual nature which some people may find intriguing’. But then, Polly (Walker) has the bright idea that she and Nick (Mangan) can save their marriage by setting up a threesome with 28-year-old aspiring poet Kate (Doherty). James Macdonald’s production looks slick, behind a neon arch which forms the edge of a Sydney Opera House shell fitted with a succession of furnishings — sofa, bench, bed etc.

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