Daniel Kitson is a storyteller, and a masterful one at that. His progress from Perrier Award-winning comic to accomplished playwright has been measured and profound with C-90 building on the success of last year’s Stories for the Wobbly Hearted.

C-90 is a beautifully, brilliantly written story about how little acts of kindness can bring hope and happiness in an otherwise grey world.

Henry works in the repository for all the compilation tapes made but never listened to. On his last day at work, he receives the first tape addressed to him personally and in his last few hours in his office it rekindles the joy and passion he once felt for life.

Kitson, making full use of the lovingly detailed set, uses this basic premise to take us around the village where Henry lives, meeting the various wonderfully drawn characters who also live there. It is Under Milk Wood for all those who realise there is nothing more personal than sharing the music they love with a person they hope will love them.

As narrator, he delights in his own literary ability. Whereas his quickfire delivery would normally detract, here it allows him to share with his audience his own infectious enthusiasm and genuine affection for the people he has invented.

Kitson is a unique theatrical voice who has created something wonderful.