Luke, an aerospace billionaire in American playwright Christopher Shinn’s Against gets a message from God to “Go where there’s violence.” Ben Whishaw’s intelligent, articulate and immensely likeable performance holds the audience’s attention during Ian Rickson’s two-hour fifty-minute production.
Luke’s messianic mission takes him to school, university, prison and factory. He wants to change the way people think. The more Christ-like he becomes the bigger the cult. It is not difficult to guess how Shinn’s play will end.