Where: Waterloo Road, SE1 8NB

What: Trapped in a dreary civil service job for the last 22 years, Pieter finds solace in his treasured collection of paintings. Then one night an unexpected phone call threatens him with its loss. As his world turns upside down, he pins his hopes on three lifelong friends to come to his help. There's Joep, the permanently ambitious politician, waiting for the call to ministerial office as his marraige goes into freefall. There's Tom, the one-time lawyer, his career damaged by a roller-coaster journey through drugs, self-harm and mental breakdown. And there's Maarten, an avant-garde theatre director whose plays don't have quite the same flavour as they used to in his youth.

Kevin Spacey directs Stephen Tompkinson, Hugh Bonneville and Neil Pearson in Maria Goos' play.

Nearest underground station: Waterloo

Show times: Monday - Saturday 19:30, plus Wednesday & Saturday 14:30

Previews from: 16th September 2004

Opening night: 28th September 2004

Ticket prices (face value): £10.00 - £40.00

Theatre booking line: 0870 060 6628

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