The audience is confronted initially with two men tied to chairs, with hessian sacks over their heads. A lab coated third person sits at the back with a clip board. As the action begins, and Matthew (Toby Davies) manages to shake off his hood, we are aware that he has no idea what hes doing there. Terrified, he yells out, but the unseen lab coat doesnt respond. Its only when he manages to engage the attention of the other hooded man, Ryan (Ed Corrie) that we realise this is no ordinary room, and these people not as real as we might have imagined.
What follows is an intriguing examination of guilt and the failure to live with the consequences of ones actions. When Sam Wilkin in the lab coat finally joins the action were into a latter day Orwellian nightmare. All the performances are compelling and alarmingly truthful. Unfortunately there is a tendency to shout rather than trust the strength of the writing which is good, if sometimes repetitive.
I was a bit confused by the ending, but maybe there had been just one twist and turn too many. This young company is only here till Saturday and you could do a lot worse than go catch this before it closes.
