People, Places & Things, Wyndham's Theatre
Recovery depends on honesty, but Emma " not her real name " lies for a living. Duncan Macmillan's searing play, getting a well-deserved West End transfer from the National, complicates the familiar story of addiction and rehab by making its protagonist an actress. The dissociation, self-delusion and pathological deceit that frequently accompany the disease are reframed by this sometimes dizzying metatheatricality, wh…