Barry's fifteen minutes of infamy are overdue, and when laughter's your living ... that's no joke.

Courted at the end of his show by bankers John and Jane, TV star Barry believes he is to get the 5-star treatment that he deserves. However urged to provide a candid account of his off-stage life and views, the Barry that emerges is the least of the surprises in the tense game of power and manipulation that ensues.

Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The
Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut
at the Royal Court, Some Voices, won the John Whiting Award for best new play.
His National Theatre play Blue/Orange won an Olivier Award, an Evening
Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and
produced the BAFTA winning BBC serial Moses
Jones and his feature film of Some Voices starred Daniel Craig and
premiered in competition at the Cannes Film festival . This was followed
by Enduring Love, also starring Daniel Craig, based on Ian McEwan's
novel; and his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road, starring
Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, which premiered in competition at the
Venice Film Festival in 2009.