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Credit must first go to writer and co-director Oliver O’Reagan for his work tying themes from both ‘Demons’ and ‘Infinite Jest’ together into natural, beautifully written conversations between Katherine, Nikolai and the mysterious Doctor/Tikon (a psychiatrist and a monk respectively, both played by Danial Ahmer). O’Reagan and co-director and producer Beth White have managed explore highly personal and sensitive themes of depression and addiction in a way that made you feel like you ...

My only suggestion in terms of the physical set up and direction of the play, would be to have continuity in terms of using changing angles for each new segment, as seen in the latter two characters, but not in the first two. This would allow for the play to open up with something just as visually engaging as its end- keeping viewers intrigued. The use of face paint in the final narrative was especially successful in the idea that it mapped out in more understandable terms the hidden inferences...