A touching and funny play about 20-somethings graduating into a world that's sold them down the river. Joeys got a first-class degree, 20k worth of debt and works in a pub. Shunned by the world, rejected by her estranged father, she finds herself falling in love with an idealistic young American 'It is young, full of spluttering energy and has a real fire in its belly about the need to retain your optimism in a cruel world Hickson really is a little bit special' - Guardian 'Terrific poignant freshness; Sam and Joey too seem like iconic figures for our time; caught between light and dark, life and death, cynicism and faith, and full of a life-force an impressive follow-up to Eight.' - Scotsman