Dan Bishop’s Target Audience begins as a sharp comedy about an empty, data-driven television industry, then expands into a more politically serious satire about power and moral compromise. The reviewer finds its shift from media-industry caricature to apocalyptic unease effective, making the play both funny and politically astute.

Set around a production company led by the manipulative Angie and his associate Bruiser, the play follows politically minded writer Tobias and anxious Gen Z intern Isabelle after a government stay-indoors alert. The cast is praised for refreshing familiar material, although the reviewer suggests removing scene changes could improve the pace; it runs at Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh until 30 August.