It is better to burn out than fade away.

"A blackly funny play about loss, love and happy meals. John, a music journalist for the NME is coming to terms with his own failings. He has failed as a writer, as a lover and as a son. Following the death of his father he returns home to face his domineering mother.

Struggling to finish a biography of Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain he is visited by Kurt himself. Kurt begins to torment him about his failure of a life.

Does Kurt want John to kill himself?

Can his girlfriend, Helen, a young sparky hairdresser from North London save him from despair?Or will his mother drive him over the edge.

This is a play about a terrible secret. A man with no hope. A mother with no love. A girlfriend with no patience. And a dead rockstar on a mission ..."