Children’s Children is the new play by Matthew Dunster, a playwright, actor and director whose writing credits include Saturday Night Sunday Morning and The Most Incredible Thing, which saw him collaborate with The Pet Shop Boys.

Michael and Gordon have been best friends since acting college. Now, 20 years later, Michael is Mr Saturday Night TV but failing actor Gordon is struggling with enormous debts. Meanwhile Gordon’s daughter Effie couldn’t care less about her dad’s problems. She is far more interested in the film that her cool boyfriend is making and setting up an ecologically sound clothing label. When Gordon asks Michael to lend him a large sum of money, it sets in motion a series of events that reveal irreparable cracks in the characters’ relationships.

Children’s Children is directed by Jeremy Herrin, Associate Director at the Royal Court where his work includes That Face, The Vertical Hour and The Heretic.