Tessa has set up a business; a brothel by the sea where mature women specialise in the Girlfriend Experience, a surprisingly caring and sympathetic service.

As the women stoically strive to make a living in a competitive market, their personal lives start to crumble. Will they ever have loving relationships outside work and enjoy being girlfriends themselves?

The Girlfriend Experience was created entirely from edited conversations recorded inside an actual brothel.

For more about The Girlfriend Experience at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, read our First Night Feature.