Cirrus@Austlit

'The global housing bubble has well and truly burst, leaving the inhabitants of the previously buoyant city deflated and contemplating the impending age of austerity. While CNN reports that ruined New Yorkers have begun to exchange goods for services, trading iPods for cab rides, the deal of the century is going down in a Manhattan bar called 'The Big House'.

At his daughter's request, 57-year-old businessman Larry has agreed to a blind date with her fiancée. He's expecting a 'kid' to show up. What he is not expecting is Jimmy, a 55-year-old Australian jock, who is betrothed to his precious little girl. These two self-made men are going to have to do business. Jimmy is selling and the product is himself: 'the best son in-law in the world'.

Apart from the soon-to-be in-laws, the bar is deserted. Its owner, Robinson, is in the depths of an emotional and fiscal crisis of her own but when this chance meeting blows Jimmy, an acquaintance from the distant past, in her direction the course of her future might be set to change.' (Sydney Theatre Company website)