Award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr returns to London with a ferocious two-hander.

A musician and his rival, a younger woman, are having a long-awaited conversation. As they spit their mutual malice with precision, they question the hatred that has fuelled their desire to outdo each other in pursuit of art.

With echoes of King Lear, The Cordelia Dream promises to unpick the belief that a muse must be made of love.