Overview
- Reviews, which landed Thursday, report a finely acted Donmar Warehouse staging of Fran Kranz’s Mass running until 6 June.
- Carrie Cracknell directs in an Episcopal church meeting room recreated by designer Anna Yates in an unnamed North American town.
- The drama centers on a restorative‑justice meeting between a victim’s parents and the shooter’s parents seven years after a school shooting.
- Adeel Akhtar, Lyndsey Marshal, Monica Dolan and Paul Hilton lead the cast, with several critics calling the quartet’s work the production’s anchor.
- Critics note precise, intimate staging choices, including a slowly revolving table and a brief setup with church staff and a mediator that frames the encounter.