It's Edinburgh in the 1980s. High unemployment, rubbish working conditions and rampant sexism. Sound familiar? Meet Adele, Carole, Mel and Nicky - four waitresses at the Shakers cocktail bar. Playing a multitude of different characters - customers, checkout girls, lads out on a spree, lecherous media types and more - the girls lay bare the desperation underneath their cheerful public faces. Fast-moving, by turns hilarious and tragic, punctuated by music of the time, the play highlights how little the lives of women and those struggling to get by have changed over the decades.

Strong language/swearing.