Donmar Warehouse, London
This story about the aftermath of an Alpine disaster was brilliantly compelling on film but becomes a clumsy comedy on stage

Anyone who has watched Ruben Östlund’s magnificent 2014 Alpine misadventure can see how tricky it could be to transpose from screen to stage, especially a modestly sized one. After all, its MacGuffin is a thunderous avalanche across the French Alps that sparks marital distrust and meltdown during a family skiing trip.

Michael Longhurst has taken on the precipitous challenge but for all the comic additions in Tim Price’s adaptation, quirky downsizing in Jon Bausor’s set design and heroic performances all round, this feels like the realisation of an impossible dare.

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