A beautiful play about love, and language, and love languages. As we spend time with these pandas, we delight in the oneness that expression and communication creates, and that is a lovely metaphor for theatre itself. An excellent use of the 10-minute form to create a play about something universal and important. Cheers to the playwright, to Po and Tian Tian, and to Maria, whoever she is.

There's comfort in Silberman's short play: Knowing that Giant Pandas think about and are concerned for the people who visit, knowing there's language that unites rather than divides, knowing there's connection that allows us to realize commonalities and overlook differences. There's a comfort moving from Po's restless pacing to Tian Tian's calm stillness. And the stage directions are lovely. This is a soothing play, more thought than action. More resolution than conflict.