Step away from the returns queue. The rare presence of Hollywood star Cate Blanchett on a London stage has caused a box office frenzy, but sadly this would-be provocative vehicle – Martin Crimp’s loose variations on Samuel Richardson’s 1740 proto-novel Pamela, directed by Katie Mitchell – isn’t worthy of her talents, nor those of the excellent Stephen Dillane.

Read my full BroadwayWorld review here