What makes us truly happy? Health? Family? Professional success? Blasting it in the gym? Romance? Pills?

Or are we ignoring the bigger stuff? Real life-changing stuff that will devastate the world if we just keep ignoring it?

Theatre Royal Plymouth’s production, The Here and This and Now is a spirited and surprising dark new comedy that takes a look at the pharmaceutical business, the salary man (or woman) and the quest for happiness. The play runs until Saturday (March 25).

Glenn Waldron’s first play, Forever House produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth, premiered in The Drum in 2013. A former editor of i-D magazine, Glenn has written for a variety of publications including the New York Times, Vogue, W magazine, Wallpaper*, The Guardian, Another, Nylon and 10 Magazine and held various at-large positions include contributing menswear editor for The Independent, style director for Arena and contributing features editor at Fantastic Man magazine.

Simon Stokes directs Simon Darwen (Niall), Andy Rush (Robby), Becci Gemmell (Helen) and Jessica Clarke (Gemma). Set design is by Bob Bailey, lighting by Andy Purves and sound by Adrienne Quartly.

Simon Stokes is artistic director of Theatre Royal Plymouth and most recently directed Monster Raving Loony (2016) by James Graham. He was artistic director at the Bush Theatre in London from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s.  Thereafter he was artistic associate and director of development for the Turnstyle Group in the West End.