Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

The jackboot zealotry of ushers is ruining theatre

Plus: a wonderful play at The Space that documents modern London in a stream of warm, funny, stylish and celebratory vignettes

Molly Lynch plays Cathy with excellent comic touches in Southwark Playhouse's The Last Five Years. Image: Pamela Raith

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