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Out of Dead Air

IN Mark Murphy’s drama theatregoers might find hints of not only Beckett and 1984 but also the apparently never-ending TV series Lost.

Al (Mark Butt), Lenny (Lewis Marsh) and Mike (Benji Ojo), who might be prisoners, are locked into an endless routine of monotonous tasks and schedules, ruled by buzzers and anticipated inspections.

But one night, the sounds outside of fighting seem closer than usual and, in what they might only think of as morning, their routine is disrupted.

How should they respond? Can they do anything to change their lives?

In Pure:Round, the actors also had the uneviable task of taking on the noisy air-conditioning but this still struck me as an interesting, provocative piece, if perhaps a little overwrought in places.

Out Of Dead Air runs until Saturday, July 25 (no show July 24).

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