NEW YORK—Transplanted across the pond from a small theater in London, Torben Betts’s “Muswell Hill” strikes many a chord in American viewers, particularly those of a sophisticated, or, perhaps, a neurotic, bent. The characters with their computers and cell phones, text constantly, often avoiding direct interaction with one another.
In the upscale North London location, circa 2010, a married couple—high-earning accountant Jess (Colleen Clinton) and aspiring novelist hubby Mat (Jason Alan Carvell)—are preparing for an informal dinner party featuring a broad range of guests: Jess’s friend Karen (Lily Dorment) still mourns the death by suicide of her husband. She’s on the lookout for a new love, but no one compares to him.
