He was also in Much Ado About Nothing (West End), Three Sisters (Nuffield/Bath), Private Lives and Closer (Birmingham Rep), and The Rivals (Derby Playhouse & Philadelphia Walnut St).
[1][2] The play, directed by Guy Masterson, was the hit of the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, selling out its run and receiving glowing reviews,[3][4] several saying, "They're going to need a bigger theatre.
"[5] The play was due to re-open at the Ambassadors Theatre in London[6] on 11 May 2020, produced by Sonia Friedman, with Ian as Robert Shaw, Demetri Goritsas as Roy Scheider and Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss.
[8] Jessie Thomson, reviewing the London production in the Evening Standard, wrote that Shaw "gives what is undoubtedly one of the best theatrical performances of the year.
Flitting between machismo and vulnerability, he delivers a hilarious and moving performance that's exhilarating to watch, in a show that begins as a rollicking comedy before turning into something deeper.