Annie Baker's mesmerising exploration of the frailty & loneliness of human experience The week after Thanksgiving A bed & breakfast in Gettysburg Pennsylvania A cheerful innkeeper A young couple struggling to stay together Thousands of inanimate objects watching John is an utterly compelling play a quietly evolving tale permeated with a kind of magical super-realism John is the second of Annie Baker's plays to have its UK premiere at the National Theatre following the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick