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This is one of a trio of plays by Neil Simon. In parts hilariously funny in others very sad.
Four groups of people come in to suites 402 and 404 of an anonymous hotel and tell their stories.
First comes Billy and Brian. Billy is a writer and Brian is his agent. Billy confronts Brian at the airport and they retire to the hotel for a chat about Billy's missing royalty money.
Next comes an American couple, mother and daughter, on a shopping spree in London. The mother is pursuaded by her daughter to go to the theatre with the man she was talking to on the aircraft.
Next comes in Sidney and Diane. They are an estranged couple. Sidney now lives on Mikanos with his gay partner Maria. Diana is a successful tv presenter. They are meeting in the hotel to discuss old times and a problem that Maria has.
Finally an another AMerican couple stay in 402 and 404. The husband puts his back out and doctor McMerlin is called in to help!

Vincent is on a mission. Well he's on several, but his primary objective to see his client's requirements fulfilled. Just as importantly (possibly more so) is his desire to get to Slough, where the next client awaits impatiently.
Vincent is the front man for 'Exodus' an organisation that supply a nice, pain free way to shuffle off your mortal coil; in the comfort of your own home.
He is also a man of high ethical standards. After all he left school at the age of just fourteen and with no formal qualificaions now finds himself at the vanguard of... 'client preferred lifeage.'
Vincent takes his role very seriously but is still quick, possibly too quick, to administer the tasteless, odourless and painless 'Pure Organic Poison' or POP for short.
He is used to seeing through the thin veil of clients who desire to see a suffering loved one ushered gently across the Styx so that they may enjoy the fruits of greener grass.
Or is he?

A room, institutional and unforgiving. Not the sort of place you would want to visit voluntarily. There is, however, something not quite right as everything is just a little distorted.
Into this room are brought three people.
In the first act we meet Mother and hear her story and how she came to be in the ice cream parlour at the end of the pier. She has no idea where she is or why she is there.
In the second act we meet Toni Vittorio the Italian owner of the ice cream parlour at the end of the pier. As with Mother, Toni can only guess where he is.
In the last act we meet Boffin. Boffin knows exactly where he is and why he is there.
He has designed a machine... a special machine.
Questioning the three are a series of Hosts.
It goes without saying that each character has a special story to tell.

The Beauty Island is a light hearted comedy that follows a day in the life of three sales girls in the cosmetics department of a large shop. Chantelle, on perfumes, offers a veneer of class and elegance while her long time adversary Lustre, nailcare and manicure, offers a more human and considerate face. A new girl joins them, Kylie but is she all that she appears to be?

The Chiltern Hundreds was written just after the Second World War and is a comedy written to reflect the changes in English society.

The Curious Savage is a play about perceptions of reality, happiness and greed.
Mrs Savage is left a fortune by her husband. Her step-children want to get their hands on what they consider is rightfully their money but Mrs Savage has other ideas.
In an attempt to discover the whereabouts of the fortune, Mrs Savage is confined to a mental institution. Here she makes friends with some of the other patients, people who have their own version of truth and reality.
Aggravated by the actions of her step children Mrs Savage sets about sending them on wild and ridiculous errands just to see whether they would do anything in the pursuit of wealth.