Strategic Love Play

By: Miriam Battye

Narrated by: Heléne Yorke, Michael Zegen

After matching online, two strangers—played by Heléne Yorke (The Other Two) and Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)—meet in real life. The vibe is off, and the conversation is a mess. Yet something is keeping them in their seats. What begins as a typical date off the apps spirals into something unexpected.

From Succession writer Miriam Battye and director Katie Posner comes the show that sold out theaters in London, took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm, and made its New York City debut Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. Strategic Love Play is an award-winning, razor-sharp “comedic tour de force” (The Guardian) that The Evening Standard calls “as gripping as a friend’s rapid-fire texts from a disastrous first date.”

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©2025 Miriam Battye (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC

Such a fun listen

Delightful! I love Helene Yorke so much. This captured dating so perfectly and this was the perfect length.

Screwed

The difficulty of dating goes over the top. Edgy seduction enters a rabbit hole. Out is in; in is out.

seriously funny

i loved this. so true about how hard it is to find love and keep love. very funny and wish it was longer!!!!

Loved him. Hated her.

Being an investment of just an hour, it's certainly worth a listen. But don't expect much. An awkward first meeting through what I suppose was a dating app, between two very insecure people. I thought she bordered on psychotic, and he was insecure enough to stay engaged, rather than just getting up and leaving.

They exchange and explore their insecurities and failures in life, and while having "another drink" need to decide whether to continue this train wreck of a date. But like a train wreck they can't seem to pull their eyes away from, it drags on.

I kept wishing that he'd finally get up and join a pickleball group, and maybe meet someone nicer.

Love it, want more

This was a really good plot and storyline, hoping there is more to come. The actors were on point and they made the story feel like I was watching a movie before me.