Video transcript: Guess How Much I Love You at the Royal Court Theatre is a new play by Luke Norris.
It starts off with a couple having a 20-week scan. The wife is pregnant. And I don’t want to say anything else particularly about the plot, because this was a play that surprised me.
It went to places that I wasn’t expecting it to go. And I think that is part of the brilliance of it.
It has scenes where you think you know what is going on and the direction of travel, and then it sort of drip feeds bits that just change the dynamic and what you think about what is going on.
The performances are absolutely superb. Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo make a very convincing couple.
The dialogue between them is very well observed and has a smattering of funny lines which work perfectly in the context and are often needed in this play.
I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to spoil it, but I really enjoyed it.
I think there are some scenes that maybe linger a little too long and could do with trimming back a little bit, but it’s a minor quibble. I really enjoyed this.
Guess How Much I Love You? Royal Court
Written by Luke Norris
Directed by Jeremy Herrin
Starring Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes without an interval
Booking until 21 February, 2026
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