Out of Control - Premiere

Comedy by Ray Cooney - Directed by Nils Engelhardt

What does a respectable state minister do when a planned romantic affair with the opposition secretary ends suddenly and, above all, lifeless? For Richard Hill, a nightmare begins in a luxurious suite of the Westminster Hotel, one that threatens to destroy his political career and private life. Instead of thrilling eroticism, the mismatched couple faces a shock: a supposed burglar is stuck lifeless in the suite's broken sliding window. Calling the police is not an option - the secretary's presence would trigger a scandal no government could survive.

In this moral dead end, Richard's loyal but chronically overwhelmed secretary George West becomes the last, if unstable, lifeline. He is hastily appointed crisis manager and must take on roles for which he has neither the talent nor the nerve. To cover up the dead man - who turns out to be surprisingly mobile - and the affair, a web of lies emerges so complex that the protagonists soon lose track of it themselves.