King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point. Antony Sher plays King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare in this, one of Shakespeare’s most epic and powerful plays.

Phil Mercer is a dreamer, a musician who thinks he can defy the odds of today’s ever more precarious music biz to emerge successful. His path is reliant on his wife Becky whose emotional and financial support keeps the dream alive. But Phil’s ambition is blind and his passion becomes poison. Now it’s the couple’s relationship as well as Phil’s dream that risks being broken. A wake up call beckons.