The week in theatre: Clyde’s; The Confessions; The Score – review

‘Zing and rawness’: Patrick Gibson, Ronke Adékoluéjó, Sebastian Orozco and Giles Terera in Clyde’s. Photograph: Marc Brenner

Few playwrights can shake the stage like Lynn Nottage. The reverberations are even stronger when her work is directed by Lynette Linton. Five years ago, the pair created one of the most important productions of the last decade: Sweat was a tremendous capturing of life in post-industrial rust-belt America.

Clyde’s (2019) is an almost-sequel: set in the same region, with characters living in harsh conditions – with a glimmer of hope.