Lydia Martin, colourful grande dame of theatre, is preparing to give her farewell performance before her "make up can't disguise" her. Into her dressing room bursts a procession of welcome, and not so welcome, characters from her career and family to wish her well and to relive the past.
 
This bitter-sweet comedy explores Lydia's relationships with key people in her life, including her daughter, ex-husband, agent and dresser, as she prepares to leave everything behind for a new life once the final curtain falls.