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Man and Woman are in a room. They share a history. Now they will need to cooperate, even though their relationship has transformed beyond recognition. In place of the leading light the woman used to admire, she sees a downtrodden lonely man, who drinks himself into a stupor in his studio. Yet there is something that still binds them …

“Past Continuous” is a multilayered, tense relationship drama brimming with surprises and constantly playing with the audience’s perspective. For the majority of the time, the reader is not certain how Woman and Man relate to each other and even as the context clears, much is left up to interpretation. That said, the text never descends into the absurd, but shines as a subtle psychological game in which every move is tethered to a reason. The writing is simultaneously poetic and sharp. Male and female social roles, and their accompanying expectations, are dissected with a remarkable honesty – within the family unit as well as society as a whole.