The Waves review – superb staging of Virginia Woolf’s deep dive into friendship

Jermyn Street theatre, London Deft production follows six friends as they morph from truth-blurting children into weary midlifers in effortless and capable performances Read Virginia Woolf’s experimental 1931 novel, The Waves, and the challenges of stage adaptation hit you like thundering surf. There’s its form: a patchwork of six friends’ highly lyrical inner monologues spanning childhood to middle age (no helpful dialogue or action in sight); a linchpin character – seventh friend, Percival – w