A group of actors and no script – what could go wrong?

Well, quite a lot actually. This improv theatre production guarantees nothing is planned and that’s not hard to see.

Of course, one of the attractions of this difficult field of drama is to watch actors being put on the spot and enjoying the carnage that ensues. But when the car crash goes from intriguing to excruciating, you feel a change of direction is needed.

The recurring theme of Hitler’s bathroom, which then morphed into his kitchen, did not really work as a construct, or perhaps was not exploited correctly. And a dramatic scene where a woman has six months left to live lost its gravitas after the support actor’s flippant response.

It is hard to be too harsh on those involved, though. Indeed, sometimes it all clicked – a fractured relationship between a stressed woman and her freeloading failed writer girlfriend was a highlight.

Improv by its very nature is tough and in this production the actors relied on phrases, things and places provided by the audience.

And we all want to throw something devilish in to see them squirm. Perhaps I just plucked the wrong night out of the improv bowl.