ECHO (Every Cold Hearted Oxygen)

From the 2024 run at this theatre
Not available. Professional reviewers say that this is a test of an actor's skill - Adrian Lester on press night.

The author appears in pre-recorded video, telling the story of his escape from his native Iran and guiding the actor around his Berlin flat, on an adventure which ends up in space and home again.

The whole mostly works, the audience perhaps getting lost in the longer monologues, one reviewer notes. For the rest, it is about the intimacy of theatre and the way it captures a unique moment, just as life experience does.

Not unmissable, but a steady 4 stars seems to be the opinion.