Flush took us into the bowels of The Old Market to examine the way that we use and waste water, interacting with the audience via a pub quiz. The audience were split into two teams and told that the competition is of utmost importance.

Two actors commanded the whole performance, reading every line they spoke from cue cards, which created a detachment between the material and their audience, losing the possibility of any emotional engagement.

With interactive theatre the audience will always be an unpredictable element, however the Flush performers seemed unable to react to what the audience were giving and simply kept pulling us back to the next question in the quiz.

One audience member was a water expert and when he questioned some data they ignored this comment, simply continuing with their material rather than debating with him.

As a finale we were introduced to a new character who appealed to us to change our ways. She performed with her eyes closed which led to further disconnection between the performance and audience.

Cape Theatre have chosen an interesting concept; with some work on responsiveness to audiences and their site-specific surroundings they could deliver their worthy message with more punch.