The story focuses on Howard Roark, an individualistic architect who designs modernist buildings and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation.

[1][2] Since its debut at the Holland Festival in June 2014, the play has received mostly positive reviews from European critics for productions in the Netherlands, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

[14] The French magazine Télérama gave the Avignon production a negative review, calling the source material inferior and complaining about the use of video screens on the set.

[17] In a mixed review for The New York Times, critic Ben Brantley complimented van Hove for capturing Rand's "sheer pulp appeal", but described the material as "hokum with a whole lot of ponderous speeches".

[18] A review for The Huffington Post complimented van Hove's ability to portray Rand's message, but said the play was an hour too long.

[19] In The Guardian, Michael Billington criticized the choice of source material, but said the production was inventively staged and showed van Hove's "characteristic virtuosity".