Dessert 2017

Run Time:
2 hours and fifteen minutes, with one intermission
Opened: July 18, 2017
Closing: August 05, 2017

Dessert - 2017 - West End History , Info & More

Southwark Playhouse
77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD, United Kingdom London

A British financier and his wife host a lavish dinner party for their affluent American friends. The food is delicious, the conversation animated and dessert is on its way – when, from one second to another, the evening takes a sinister and alarming turn…

With dark comic moments and unexpected twists, this world premiere of Dessert, written by Oliver Cotton and directed by Trevor Nunn, is a powerful, thought-provoking play about wealth, greed and the lengths to which people will go to claim what’s theirs.

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What productions of Dessert have there been?
Dessert has had 1 productions including West End which opened in 2017.

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