Cloud 9 at the National Theatre review: Caryl Churchill’s 1979 shocker has lost its punch

Cloud 9 | National Theatre | ★★★☆☆ First staged in 1979, Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9 was once considered a sensational, salacious and provocative piece of theatre. Nearly 50 years later, Dominic Cooke’s National Theatre revival doesn’t pack the same punch. It’s a play of two halves, both in structure and setting. The first act takes [...]