Inescapable

RibbitRepublic—The Purple Room

In this 45-minute two-hander written by and starring Martin Dockery, and Jon Peterson, two men who are best friends find themselves in a room that they do not seem to be able to escape.

They cannot help but repeat aspects of their dialogue and interaction over and over again, with some changes, and it slowly dawns on them that this is their predicament.

The two performers display a spirited energy which sometimes approaches verbal sparring, while employing few pauses in speech. Consequently this is a real actor’s play in terms of them giving their all, but unfortunately the content they have to work with is a little thin.

Konrad Antony