High Noon

Harold Pinter Theatre, directed by Thea Sharrock

by Rebecca Hardy 13th March 2026

There’s a point during this play when the woman sitting next to me murmurs her agreement. ‘Men can only rule with violence,’ says Amy Fowler (played by Denise Gough). It is the first of many pacifist observations in this stage adaptation of the 1952 Hollywood movie – and sets up the rather depressing notion that violence is inevitable.