12th - 30th June 2001, Tue. - Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm @ The Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul's Road, Islington, N1
A loveless screw and a charred briefcase just about sum up the end of a political career and a marriage for ambitious junior minister Bernard Snowdon. Layer by layer his loyal wife Caroline, formerly his PA, peels away an onion of initially farcical lies and cover-ups surrounding Snowdon's scandalous evening in Bromley with his current secretary. What is revealed is a core of ambition and brutality far more damnable than mere sordid bed hopping. As Bernard's revolted wife Caroline remarks: 'This isn't Watergate - this is Chappaquiddick'. The title Keyboard Skills refers to those of the typing room where Miss Gainsborough trains young women to be indispensable in a male world.
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