We meet a man called Michel, a man navigating a tangled web of infidelity and deception involving his wife Laurence and his best friend Paul, whose wife Alice is Michel’s affair partner. The direction by Lindsay Posner is direct, clever and wonderfully concise. Every moment feels purposeful, with a crystal clear understanding of exactly what the production wants to achieve. There is never a sense of over directing or forcing the comedy. Instead, the performances are allowed t

Retrograde is a sharp, stylish exploration of integrity and identity in 1950s Hollywood.