Laurie Kynaston

(left) gave a brilliant performance at the Kiln theatre as nicolas, a teen caught in the middle of warring, divorced parents in Florian Zeller’s the son (adapted by Christopher Hampton). and he will stay with the play when it transfers to the Duke of york’s from august 24. nicolas’s folks are so wrapped up in themselves, said Kynaston, that ‘they don’t see him spiralling out of control’. He added: ‘the play’s a series of red flags’, all of which were discussed with mental health experts, who advised how a child of divorce would cope; or not.