One of France’s most successful new plays makes its London premiere in Spring 2025 at the Park Theatre.

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The year is 1942. Paris is under Nazi occupation. Jews are being rounded up. Joseph Haffmann, a Jewish owner of a jewellery shop and his long- standing employee Pierre Vigneau change roles as part of a strange deal which could only take place against the background of an absurd and tragic reality. Joseph Haffmann will transfer the ownership of the jewellery store to Pierre, on the condition that Pierre hides him from the Nazis. In return, Pierre insists that Joseph enter into a very unusual arrangement with Isabelle, Pierre’s wife...

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Add to that a Matisse painting, an ‘art loving’ Nazi officer and his outrageous wife, and marital difficulties amplified by the bizarre domestic situation, it is no wonder that Pierre is driven to the brink.

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Directed by Oscar Toeman.

Toeman was recently appointed Baylis Director at The Old Vic and is an alumni of LCT’s Directors Lab in New York. His credits include The Misfortune of the English at the Orange Tree Theatre, Actually at Trafalgar Studios and The Sugar Syndrome at the Orange Tree Theatre, for which he was nominated for four Off-West End Awards. His credits as an Associate Director include Oslo and Waste at the National Theatre and The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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This will be brought to the Park Theatre by agreement with Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio.