Random Acts theatre company create improvisational theatre of a calibre so high that it is almost shocking to witness. Thanks to judicious facilitation from Tig Land, it has all the best elements of the standard improv show with the ability to speak direct to its audience at a depth that most theatre can only aspire to.

The formula is quite simple. Members of the audience relate an event which has recently happened to them. Tig Land finds out a few more details and then directs her three actresses, Cherie, Jules and Helen (unsurprisingly this is all first-name level stuff) to recreate the story they have heard in a style of her choosing. To help ease it along, Richard Brock is on hand to provide a bit of musical accompaniment.

The beauty of the production is that this level of teasing out a story and the rapport which Tig creates with her audience means that the actresses can reflect much more than the simple facts they have been told. They are able to find an inner truth to the story that its original teller will recognise but which they have not vocalised, while the rest of the audience is happily chortling away at the surreal free-form result.