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Gloriously funny and deeply empathetic…a profound meditation on relationships, ageing, honesty, and our capacity to change.
—London Theatre
Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there's something missing… something rare and unforeseen… waiting to add a much-needed sparkle…
Unicorn by Mike Bartlett is an explicit, funny, and provocative play that takes unexpected twists and turns, keeping the audience permanently intrigued
(Theatre Weekly).
Snappy and full of quotable lines…a rollicking, stimulating ride…Bartlett is expert at upending audiences' thinking…Unicorn exercises the brain as well as other organs.
—Evening Standard
Sophistication, wit and insight…a well-made play that is intricately entertaining…a ménage à trois steeped in an acid understanding of ageing and mortality…Bartlett is in a line with Harold Pinter in making every word count.
—Telegraph
Despite the twinkling title, there is nothing fey about this drama. Bartlett invites the audience to dismantle the traditional idea of marriage…The action is clear and witty.
—Observer
Very colourfully candid.
—Daily Mail
Very, very funny. Bartlett's writing hits its targets with unerring precision.
—WhatsOnStage
Thoughtful and spikily funny.
—The Stage
Captivating…Bartlett's writing impresses throughout.
—All That Dazzles
Bartlett returns to the essential subject of intimacy in an age obsessed with physical sex, this time with more seriousness about mores and moralities beneath his characteristic wickedly-perceptive dialogue…it's often hootingly funny.
—TheatreCat
Storming…a brilliant play…Immediate. Gripping. Filled with raw truths and blunt honesty.
—West End Best Friend
Bartlett is the master of dialogue and Unicorn mixes sharp humour with weighty matters; sometimes dark but lit up by its dazzling one-liners.
—The Spy in the Stalls
Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen. His theatre work includes: Juniper Blood (Donmar Warehouse, 2025); Unicorn (West End, 2025); The 47th (Old Vic, London, 2022); Game (Almeida, 2015); King Charles III (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2014); An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford, 2014); Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); 13 (National Theatre, London, 2011); Earthquakes in London (Headlong and National Theatre, 2010); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough and Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2010); Cock (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2022); Artefacts (Bush Theatre and Nabokov, 2008); and My Child (Royal Court, 2007). For television, he’s worked on: Life, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, Sticks and Stones, Trauma, and Press.