Written and performed by Louis Rembges, this multi-layered, one-person show delves into social media addiction, misplaced government funds and alternate realities. But it somehow all still feels cohesive, nuanced, and intimate. A tour-de-force of a script, it’s full of quotable, pithy one-liners and topical cultural references. It’s also littered with setups and payoffs, incorporating twists and turns that are simultaneously satisfying and unsettling.

As an actor, Rembges delivers a virtuosic performance, multi-role playing a variety of off-the-wall characters, and handling the script’s sudden shifts in tone with deftness: from naturalistic to Spitting Image levels of caricature. Whilst the breakneck pace of most of the delivery forces the audience to work hard to keep up, it’s undeniably thrilling, and only serves to heighten the effect of the silences and slower, more sincere moments.

The tech team are no less impressive – the lighting and sound design (Finn Bamber, Mitchell Polonsky) are integral to the show; and the quick changes from the tech box (Abbie Sage) almost becomes a second actor by the end, with impeccable comic and dramatic timing.

As the show draws to a close, the same lines going round and round to reel us in to the seemingly inevitable conclusion, we are left with a reminder that we are more fragile than we realise, both as individuals and as a society. It’s a depressing message, but with talent like Rembges delivering it, the blow is so soft it’s almost a kiss.

Playing 1pm daily at Pleasance Courtyard Bunker One, 2 – 28 August 2023.