Scarlett is a 36-year-old waitress who lives with her mother and has no boyfriend. She has an active fantasy life and dreams of being with her boss, Steve, but is also pursued by the awkward Alan.
Abusive, cantankerous and burned out by booze, Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s national treasures. A gifted and renowned painter and chronic alcoholic, he can no longer take care of himself. His resentful daughter has employed a succession of minders who haven’t lasted, that is, until Therese comes along, fresh out of prison and determined to make a go of her limited options.
Set in the 1940’s, during the most vulnerable point in her career, a leading lady of the time, Margo Channing, encounters an aspiring young actress, Eve Harrington, who ingratiates herself into the lives of the most successful theatre practitioners in town – Lloyd Richards, Bill Sampson & Max Fabian.
