As they repeat the play (to an audience of nobody), it becomes apparent that this is a script that is constantly revised and modified, and features many bizarre events (such as Dinny's mother and neighbour dying in an accident involving a horse and a speedboat).
Only Sean is permitted to leave the flat, walking down fifteen flights of stairs to go to the local Tesco supermarket for "supplies".
One day he accidentally brings back the wrong shopping, and the cashier, Hayley, who has developed a connection to Sean, goes to the flat to give him his groceries.
The first act ends with her entrance into the flat, as the present day and reality intrude on Dinny's recreation of an imagined past.
[4][5] In January 2023, the play was announced as the opening show for the new home of the Southwark Playhouse at Highpoint in Elephant and Castle.