A hustler stands by his pint and tells us about the tricks of his con, as if bragging to his mate in the pub. But Max turns out to be a newspaper hack. Despite this depiction of the sleazy, amoral and self-serving journalist who really might sell his granny for a story, this drama is ultimately about the dangers of eroding press freedoms.
A one-hour monologue, it is directed by Romola Garai and written by Sam Hoare, who plays Max, and is part of a season of double bills, paired with Tunnels. The deputy stage manager enters the stage intermittently to hand Max drinks but begins dismantling the set around him as the story takes darker turns.
