If there is beauty to be found in losing a loved one too soon, it is portrayed thoughtfully, musically, and poetically in Sarah Ruhl’s moving play, Letters from Max.

What happens when your fantasy self and your real self merge? Can fantasy protect us from painful realities that we are having to face? Can fantasy be used as a mechanism for processing loss? These are but some of the questions raised in a powerful and very entertaining new play, The Habits, written by playwright, Jack Bradfield, and having its premier at Hampstead Downstairs.

A thoughtful questions about humanity’s place in a world changed by AI, but lacking the drama of classic sci-fi.