How much can a life change in half an hour? One night, just before a dinner party, Lilian Garson makes an escape from her confining husband. But when these best-laid plans go horribly awry – can she quickly slip back into her old life in time for dinner at eight? A compelling story of a woman who’s only got half an hour to change her life.

“Celebrated for his full-length plays, J.M. Barrie was also a master of the short form, and this is one of his finest, an extraordinarily tense and intense story that plays out in the real time of its title.” JM