Directed by Polly Findlay, the play opened in the Dorfman at the National Theatre in October 2017, where it ran until 14 November 2017, enjoying a sold-out run.
[4] Subsequent productions have been put on at the Gate Theatre, Dublin [5] and the Royal Exchange, Manchester [6] Set in the aftermath of Laura's housewarming party at her new flat in Crouch End, Danny, having attended simply as the plus one of a friend, is the last remaining guest.
Laura is 38, single, childless and with no immediate family; Danny is 42, divorced, living with his mother and has not seen his daughter for a number of years.
The play begins with them nearly kissing and charts their journey in real time as they both seek to get back to that point.
Over the course of the play, both begin to open up to one another, they dance to Bros, consume fish finger sandwiches and share their mutual loneliness and isolation in the city of London and where they are in their lives.