Professional actors at last, the seven young members of the Blue Door Theatre company are now proudly in charge of Fenchester's first commercial theatre. The day-to-day pressures of financing the theatre and choosing box-office attractions are soon eclipsed by an event that threatens to close the theatre only months after its opening.

This novel, the fourth in the Blue Door series, follows the characters of The Swish of the Curtain as they embark on an exciting adventure that leads them far away from the stage of the Blue Door Theatre.