Robert Icke’s The Doctor originally opened at The Almeida Theatre in Islington in 2019 to absolutely rave reviews. It’s now transferred to the Duke of York’s Theatre on London’s West End and we’re thrilled to have it back.
Reprising the role of The Doctor is Olivier winning-actress Juliet Stevenson, who is absolutely incredible from start to finish – this is arguably a career-defining performance here, which is no small feat given her numerous illustrious successes on stage and screen.
It all starts simply enough: in the opening scenes we see our doctor giving end-of-life care to a patient with sepsis, a complication of a botched abortion.
She refuses a priest access to the dying patient, on the grounds that the notes don’t stipulate whether or not they’re religious.