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.