The Sewing Group review – stitches in time

Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London
EV Crowe explores the disorienting effects of technology in her cryptic new playEV Crowe’s new play, The Sewing Group, is a sly thing. It begins in Shaker-like simplicity. Three women in long black dresses stitch in a plain wooden room. Two of them squinny with suspicion at the third. There are extended silences as they dip their needles into what look like squares of tapestry, though they say – imagine how scratchy – they are worki