True to description Lost Sock Rescue Society is a wholesomely sock-tastic show about socks that need homes and the women who find those homes (or don’t).

A note about the venue: the elevator does work, it just takes so long you’ll think it doesn't, and the hallway where you line up is quite narrow for two lanes of traffic (one person bumped his shoulder against a painting, and it almost went down) and with that many people the hallway really echoes. Once you are in the theatre it is a really nice space, not too echoey and the lighting design is really calm. One downside to the space is that it can sometimes be hard to see the stage, so I found myself craning my neck to get a better view at times. I normally use all the sensory supports to see live theatre, but all I used for this show was my loop engage earplugs.

When you enter there are all these socks with tags you can go up and meet, I saw a really sweet exchange between a girl who took photos of some of the socks and a woman who wasn't able to go up to meet them and it made me wonder if there's a way for more people to meet the socks. There is in a sense, they have an instagram: lost.sockrescue, with some sock bios, not the ones I saw at the show but it definitely gives you a taste.

There is audience participation which can seem scary, but they were so respectful of the audience and it never felt like anyone had to interact with them (I did not). From the moment you walk in you get a sense of Sandra (the older one) and Sabrina’s (the younger) relationship as they constantly change the music on one another while welcoming you to the ‘meeting’ of the lost sock rescue society. At first they may seem like an odd pairing (and they are) but through the absolutely hilarious trials of teaching you all the rules that go into taking care of socks they learn to understand each other, and you get a sense of how it feels not only for the people that care about the things most of us cast aside but also for all the things we toss to the back of the drawer without a second thought.

A beautiful story about toeing the line between not caring and caring too much, fit for anyone who wants to learn more about socks, who holds on too tightly to the things they love, or just wants to laugh till they cry.