Based on the true sto­ry of Carl Hans Lody, a WW1 Ger­man Spy. He was caught then exe­cut­ed inthe Tow­er of Lon­don four months into World War I. This new play, from award-win­ning writer, Mark Lang­ham, cen­tres Lody’s sto­ry and his rea­sons for becom­ing a spy.

Stephen Lloyd-Coombs is a per­son­able and charm­ing Lody. Around him Roger Gim­blett, Lach­lan Edmonds-Munro, Eliz­a­beth Mac­Gre­gor and Lib Camp­bell play many oth­er char­ac­ters in his sto­ry with a vari­ety of accents. (Some­times the same char­ac­ter has a dif­fer­ent accent but I think this is the con­ven­tion where there is no accent between them if they are speak­ing the same lan­guage.) Each char­ac­ter is clear­ly defined by phys­i­cal changes. There is some good ensem­ble work from the five actors. They deliv­er their lines with excel­lent fast paced tim­ing. They are well rehearsed in their chore­og­ra­phy as they nav­i­gate around each oth­er on the tiny stage.

I’m not sure that I need­ed to see anoth­er sto­ry about a man jus­ti­fy­ing his rea­sons for behav­iour that could lead to oth­er people’s deaths, but it was well pre­sent­ed.