Review: The White Chip at Southwark Playhouse - southlondon.co.uk

Review: The White Chip at Southwark Playhouse - southlondon.co.uk

“I’m a recovering Mormon” This show written by Sean Daniels is described as a Dry Comedy about Drying Out and the ‘White Chip’ is a token given to attendees of Alcoholics Anonymous to celebrate periods of sobriety, and Steven, played brilliantly by Ed Coleman, has quite a few, which points to the fact that the

The White Chip Review - Fairy Powered Productions

Southwark Playhouse – until 16 August 2025 Reviewed by Claire Roderick 4**** Steven (Ed Coleman) is working successfully in theatre, thinking that he is managing his day drinking and fooling everybody around him, until eventually he can’t. Sean Daniels’ autobiographical play about alcoholism is hard hitting and very funny – Daniels states that he wants to destroy shame through comedy – as Steven relates the events of his life. From growing up i…

The White Chip – Southwark Playhouse Borough - North West End UK

Sean Daniels’ semi-autobiographical play ‘The White Chip’ has arrived in London for its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Having enjoyed a successful 2019 stint Off-Broadway, directed by Matt Ryan, and produced by Danielle Tarento and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford, ‘The White Chip’ is a cleverly constructed play, widely noted for its darkly comic take on painful realities. It chronicles the painful descent and recovery of Steven,…

REVIEW: The White Chip

Rating: 5 out of 5. A blisteringly real, laugh-out-loud portrait of functioning alcoholism Steven is (at least initially) a functioning alcoholic, walking a tightrope between crucial meetings with theatre directors and sneaking in a drink between breakfast and brushing his teeth. But there’s only so long you can burn the candle at both ends. As his father falls ill and people begin identifying his confidence as more stagger than swagger, Steven …