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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Never Have I Ever review – drunken truth bombs in a sitcom-sharp satire

Drinking games … (from left) Susan Wokoma, Greg Wise, Alex Roach and Amit Shah.
Drinking games … (from left) Susan Wokoma, Greg Wise, Alex Roach and Amit Shah. Photograph: Helen Murray

Money and friendship don’t mix, as the old adage goes. They certainly don’t for four old university pals in this satire, which blends fine wines with sexual confessions and angry identity politics.

Adaego (Susan Wokoma) is married to Tobin (Greg Wise), who has invested £125,000 into Kas (Amit Shah) and Jacq’s (Alex Roach) trendy new restaurant. Tonight is the night the latter couple reveal their impending bankruptcy, and Tobin’s lost investment. But the vintage wines they serve up to soften the blow fuel a drinking game that unearths a more contentious buried secret.

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