R.O.I at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review: fast-talking, big thinking

R.O.I at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review: fast-talking, big thinking

This comedy examines power, global subjects and vast moral dilemmas with bags of confidence

R.O.I. (Return On Investment) ★★★★★

Hampstead Theatre’s downstairs space adopts Aaron Loeb’s satirical UK debut, Return On Investment (R.O.I). Loeb is a former venture capitalist-turned-playwright with a fair share of theatrical awards under his belt. His most notable plays are Off-Broadway Ideation (a comedy/thriller about body-burying corporate consultants) and Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party – he doesn’t shy from the political! And now, Loeb brings his poignant writing t…

R.O.I. (Return on Investment) – Hampstead Theatre, London

Writer: Aaron Loeb Director: Chelsea Walker Aaron Loeb’s immensely entertaining 90-minute dystopian thriller, R.O.I. (Return on Investment), looks at the sometimes murky ethical trade-offs between the needs of profit-hungry investors and those of medical researchers and the wider public. Can the quest for financial returns by a tiny number of elitist entrepreneurs, some with decidedly [...] The post R.O.I. (Return on Investment) – Hampstead Thea…

R.O.I review by thespyinthestalls at Hampstead Theatre

R.O.I (RETURN ON INVESTMENT) Hampstead Theatre ★★★★ “enough twists to match those of a corporate knife in the back” There are few tales of corporate hubris to match that of Theranos; how wide-eyed Elizabeth Holmes – now jailed – conned millions from seasoned investors with the promise of a pin-prick diagnosis that never worked. It was a potent fable of utopian optimism and human greed. R.O.I. (Return on Investment) follows in that bloodline, bu…