In a secret bunker near Tottenham Court Road (well, a rehearsal space within the world-famous Dominion Theatre, but indulge me), a daring new musical is being unveiled to a select few. A narrative is outlined, a love story which involves an astronaut called David disappearing into space after a relationship breakdown with documentary filmmaker Emily, with the action skipping between the past and the present, tracing the coming together and falling apart of the relationship.
It sounds like an unusual story but as the cast stand up to perform a few scenes, even in this stripped back setting it is possible to see something special is going on. Songs which burst forth from scenes that tap into relationship truths of desire, conflict and delusion... the difference between the person you imagine your lover to be, and who they actually are.
