"Nothing sleeps out here, Wally. All the rats. The foxes. The weasels. Knackered and starving and scared. You don't sleep out here, Wally. You fall asleep out here, something creeps up and eats you."
West waits in a burnt-out farmhouse, on Dartmoor, in the depths of winter, for two associates from the city. The wine has been poured and the revolver loaded. But who is waiting upstairs?
Jez Butterworth's atmospheric, compelling new play follows his previous successes at the Royal Court including the multi award-winning MOJO and THE NIGHT HERON, both directed by Ian Rickson.
"It's funny, it's sad, it's haunting and it is also strangely beautiful. Best of all, it is quite unlike anything you have seen before." Daily Telegraph [THE NIGHT HERON]
"one of the most dazzling Royal Court main stage debuts in years." Time Out [MOJO]