Famine zones are more fun than this play: Dancing at Lughnasa, at the Olivier Theatre, reviewed

Snowflakes, an excellent title, rehashes The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter. A guest in a hotel room is visited by two intruders posing as staff. The intruders are hired assassins who accuse the guest of committing a half-explained hate crime on social media. His punishment, execution, will be livestreamed as a warning to other hate criminals.

It’s a thrilling start but the show lacks tension and the accused’s back story isn’t explained fully.