Eat Your Heart Out has truly put the quirky Coachwerks in Hollingdean on the map as a venue with a difference. It could only have been in this tucked-away sprawling warehouse that this sinister and hilarious production could capture the imagination as it did.

First we were invited into what looked like a derelict car-repair workshop, before being taken by lantern into one of the most fantastic stage sets I’ve ever seen.

Filled with shambolic clutter, it amounted to a journey through various decades and embodied the heart of the play – the apocalypse.

Set in a kitchen in the last remaining corner of the world where three cooks have been summoned to create the final supper, it tapped into a fear of Armageddon that has existed throughout the ages.

So, while there was a 1980s-style television, the cooks creating the celebratory meal in the carcass of their once great kitchen were of the medieval banqueting era.

The audience was then brought around the table and offered a repugnant dish – of what, I still don’t know. You weren’t, of course, obliged to eat it – though some people did.

Finally, the lady of the house’s maid, who orchestrated the whole affair, fell mid jig on the table and was wrapped in a body bag – signifying the end, not just of the meal, but of all time.

Eat Your Heart Out was both hilarious and engaging, with live music and a painstakingly-crafted set that was open to be explored long after the show was over.