A man wakes up in a hospital in Berlin. He has no memory of who he is, or where he comes from. Once the details of his life are recovered, he is repatriated to Britain and into his former life. But he is haunted by the suspicion that this is not his real life at all.
The play celebrates Radiohead's seminal 1997 album OK Computer and draws on themes from each of its 12 tracks.
This is like a race where the no. 1 horse didn't win.
It started off well, accelerated nicely, maintained a steady pace and then got tired and kind of dropped out. Or I did. I just lost interest.
What was it about? A man loses his mind and memory in an accident in Berlin and taking inspiration from each track from Radiohead's iconic album, OK Computer, the authors contrive situations but it just runs out of steam and becomes silly, pointless and a bit repetitive. Some of the characters aren't differentiated enough and adding confusion to the mix of this short play doesn't make for a really enjoyable experience.
Four stars because the first third was pretty good, three stars because it was quite well written and one star because like the horse who lost, it peaked too soon.