Infinite Life (National Theatre)
Closed 1h 45m
Infinite Life (National Theatre)
59%
59%
(9 Ratings)
Positive
45%
Mixed
33%
Negative
22%
Members say
Great acting, Slow, Quirky, Clever, Thought-provoking

About the Show

Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Baker's new play about a group of women grappling with the end of life.

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Critic Reviews (9)

London Theatre
December 5th, 2023

“It’s possible to take Infinite Life on purely satiric grounds: as a skilful anatomy of a heath-obsessed society conditioned toward hypochondria. And it’s certainly true that I left the auditorium wondering whether a visit to my GP was overdue...and James Macdonald – a proven expert with the work of both dramatists – keeps this magnificent play light on its feet even as it careens headlong into darkness.”
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West End Best Friend
December 1st, 2023

“Pain in all its forms seems to be Baker’s main focus in Infinite Life, and her writing subtly but skillfully explores the multiple aspects of this underrecognised condition...Ultimately, while the writing explores fascinating themes and the characters possess intriguing personalities, the absence of character development or transformative journeys fails to fully engage the audience in this play.”
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The Telegraph (UK)
December 1st, 2023

"Baker teases us with the prospect of a romantic – or raunchy – twist, the possibility of carnality lunged-at as an improvised remedy, but then moves on into terrain more stoical, stirring and subtly complex."
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WhatsOnStage
December 1st, 2023

“This is a terrific play, understated yet rich, utterly engrossing.”
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The London Evening Standard
December 1st, 2023

“James Macdonald’s understated production is exquisitely acted and contains a late contender for the year’s best line.”
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The Independent (UK)
December 1st, 2023

“This brilliant play is full of such small wonders: gentler echoes of the miracle cure that each patient longs for, in vain.”
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The Times (UK)
December 1st, 2023

“Baker cleverly keeps sentimentality at bay throughout...Baker’s women are the real thing — complex and contradictory.”
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The Stage (UK)
December 1st, 2023

“Baker’s latest work...is an absorbing meditation on pain, mortality and our ambivalent relationship with our bodies. In a sensitive production by James Macdonald with a woozy, heat-haze atmosphere, it is quietly riveting and stealthily moving.”
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