The River review – slippery Jez Butterworth play remains a headscratcher

Sydney Theatre Company Miranda Otto, Ewen Leslie and Andrea Demetriades are all pleasant to watch but this decade-old play is sometimes obnoxiously mysterious Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The River, written by the British playwright Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem, Ford v Ferrari), is a 2012 play that ushers us into the world of The Man (Ewen Leslie). He is so absorbed in his trout-fishing hobby that he won’t stop to watch a sunset with The Woman (Miranda Otto, returning to the Sy...

By Cassie Tongue