Locked in an increasingly acrimonious divorce battle, a couple [Alexander, Sophie] are compelled to hire two ambitious lawyers [Charlotte, Leo] to help resolve the impasse. Instead of offering the solution, however, the warring pair drag their legal council into the fraying web of their relationship.



While the legal game plays out Luke, the bipolar son of Charlotte\'s cleaner [Sue], decides to wean himself off his medication. With his state of mind unravelling his mother is forced to act as he progressively becomes isolated from those around him.



As the six manoeuvre around each other, each tries desperately to keep control of their own worlds and all risk fuelling the chaos. And as the divorce case darkens the lawyers have to decide how far they can go before they too are implicated.



Director Oliver Lyttelton and writer Tomas Hirst mark their reunion following the success of their first collaboration "In Parallel", which showcased at the Arcola Theatre last year. "Matryoshka" aims to illustrate the conflicting humanity and brutality at the heart of a seemingly cold and aloof legal system, and its effects on those within it.

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