His failure to land the part has coloured his life ever since — and now, on the brink of becoming a dad, it all comes ...

Read our review of *Second Best*, adapted by Barney Norris, now in performances at Riverside Studios to 22 February. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

That it marks the theatre debut of Asa Butterfield adds a layer of deliciousness to the conceit. Butterfield, best known as Otis in Netflix’s Sex Education, was a successful child actor who made his ...

Your response to Barney Norris’s one-man play, based on David Foenkinos’s bestselling novel as translated by Megan Jones, ...

Islington born Sex Education actor Asa Butterfield makes a brilliant stage debut in a monologue about the boy who came Second Best for the role ...

Perhaps, like Martin in reverse, Asa Butterfield is exploring the parallel ... and the scan of the baby he and his wife are. Imminent fatherhood is the catalyst for anxiety attacks, spooling ...