If you can see a Martin Dockery show you haven't seen, ALWAYS go see it. This one is no exception.

My favorite feature of his style as a playwright is his use of rhythm. He crafts his sentences so expertly that most audience members won't even notice that they are being pulled into a musical repetition of syllabic patterns until it's too late. They suddenly find that they've been set up for a pleasantly disorienting jab of surprising emotion when they least expect it.

This expertly crafted show has everything you need. It's suspenseful, intriguing, very funny, and full of unexpected twists and turns.

Martin creates a stylized worldbuilding that is juuuust far enough removed from reality to take the audience outside their typical perceptions and challenge them to change their thinking.

I've seen comments about the actor-controlled lights breaking the fourth wall, and it surprises me that those individuals didn't take the time to ask themselves, "This is obviously an intentional choice that's baked into the rest of the piece. What is the significance of the artist making such a decision?"

From my viewpoint, it's symbolic. Whether that symbolism indicates "with every change of scene, the character makes a conscious choice to go further into an irreversible course of action" or "it's symbolic of the 'let's get by the best we can' nature of the early pandemic" or something else is unknown. It is, up to the audience member to make their own interpretation.

This piece is great. It's tightly structured and beautifully delivered. Go see it.