Writer Heather Morrow fortunately makes reference to Jean Paul Satre’s No Exit in which a group of mismatched individuals gradually work out that the are in Hell together - Hell, famously, being other people.

In the mysteriously titled Take a Bite, Vera and Dion find themselves locked up, apparently, in a police cell, her in a nightie, he in a blood-stained top, with no knowledge of how they got there. There is more than a hint at Satre’s classic.

Yet Morrow’s play is tightly-written with well-rounded characters. There is a real understanding of both 30-something love-wrecked mistress Vera, and sex-obsessed, maltreated 18-year-old Dion, and of the way they would express themselves.

Performances are strong, although as Dion Alan Burgon takes a little time to find the balance between underplaying the part and giving a naturalistic performance. When he does, he has an effortlessness that is impressive given the fact he is still in his third year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Co-star Anna Rylance Murdoch, a recent drama graduate from Scotland’s Queen Margaret, gives a well-weighted performance. It is always difficult to make expressive a character who is trying to keep everything in, but this she does. All involved here show much promise.