The return of damaged soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan has been a mine of unsettling theatre and film, and Cat Jones' play throws us right into the heart of the problem. Ray is in deep, deep trouble, and has found his ex-wife Carla in the local pub and wants her and the kids to come back to him. Gradually the barman, the barmaid, Ray and Carla become involved in a dangerous, emotionally draining game of cat and mouse which lays out Ray's experiences for a forensic examination. This would be difficult to sustain without Samuel Edward Coulson's dominating and carefully measured performance as Ray, where we see all sorts of facets of a character broken apart. He is fun-loving, entertaining, reflective, quiet, before summoning great storms of anger and physical violence. Chloe Massey is particularly effective as Carla, both caring and despairing, while the ingenue barmaid is played saucy and slow by Kristin Atherton. As the barman, Simon, Adam Foster strains to defeat the acoustic of the theatre. The firm British homeland fixtures of the design of a homely Doncaster pub add to the sense of Ray's alienation in this Second Shot Production out of Doncaster, UK, ably directed by Elle White. Holden Street Theatres, until March 17