From the back row of the local cinema to an anonymous hotel room, one man’s obsession has not let him rest. But is the past now about to catch him out?

Kevin Elyot’s previous plays for the Royal Court, both of which transferrred to the West End, are Mouth To Mouth and My Night With Reg ­ winner of the Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Comedy and the Writers’ Guild and Critics’ Awards for Best Play. Other work includes Coming Clean (Bush) and The Day I Stood Still (NT).