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The NZ premiere of Australian playwright Steven Snell's award-winning play explores the deep, dark and dirty places of the male psyche; examining a disturbing masculine world of violence, loyalties and the bonds of brotherhood.

Keeper opens as Kevin (Pete Coates) and his best friend Neil (Thomas Easden) pay a late night visit to Russel (Rob Owens), Kevin's older brother, who's working in a factory. The two mates have just been involved in a fight at a party that got way out of hand, and now someone is dead. They claim they're innocent of the crime, but doubt the police will see it that way, so they've fled.

Russel's fresh out of jail after a long stint. Kevin believes that Russel's criminal contacts up north can hide them until the heat is off. But Russ is keen to go straight, hence his job at the factory, and he's not about to revive old shady connections.

And so they set out to convince Russ to help them, even if that means blackmailing him but Russ discovers the two are in even deeper trouble over the disappearance of a young girl in sinister circumstances. And it ís this dark secret that proves to be the testing ground for their ties to each other. Through the course of this tense one act play the three will find their friendships challenged and their allegiances turning on a knife edge as they move towards an ugly and chilling truth, that can no longer be ignored.