The Promise, Trafalgar Studios, London
Trafalgar Studios, London: The inaugural production of the third Donmar Warehouse showcase of work by young directors sees Alex Sims tackle Aleksei Arbuzov's play about the siege of Leningrad and its emotional and social aftermath. Episodic in structure, the play opens in 1943 as three young people, Lika, Leonidik and Marat, take shelter together in an abandoned apartment as the city starves. The stench of death…