In the run up to the 2002 Zimbabwe elections President Mugabe seeks help from a white psychiatrist. The psychiatrist attempts the dangerous job of analysing the president, while being alternately threatened and charmed by Mrs Grace Mugabe.

Antony Sher directs Fraser Grace’s play, which examines the differences between African and European values and the conflict between despotism and liberalism.

For more information about Breakfast With Mugabe, click here to read our First Night Feature, or click here to read our interview with Joseph Mydell, who plays President Mugabe.