Paranoid? That's exactly what they want you to think

Conspiracies abound in the Royal Court’s latest play

Dear members — you know the sort? There’s one in every family. Mostly harmless if a little too tuned into some of the internet’s deeper and darker corners. Maybe not the kind of person you’d want cornering you at a party or in a smoking area. A conversational bandwidth that spans 5G towers, the deep state, the healing powers of mineral resins found in the foothills of some far flung mountain range and so on. The full caboodle. Well, ever ones to catch the crest of the Scouse zeitgeist, the Royal Court have turned their attention to this city’s well-known trope in their latest offering: Cosmic. We sent theatre aficionado Damon Fairclough along to see it.

But before the curtain comes down, enjoy a Post briefing, a perfect pre-performance appetiser.