A variety of dysfunctional relationships are explored through seven slightly surreal short plays in Durang Durang'.

Whether the scene is the lonely room of a single woman resorting to chat-line phone calls, a popular psychology infused update of a Greek tragedy or the imminent collapse of a divorced couple's reconciliation, the sense of modern desperation is the same.

Focusing on the darker sides of American culture, the centre of the plays always lie in the exposure of their characters' hidden obsessions.

Although Durang has been described as "one of the funniest playwrights alive" by The New Yorker, I struggled to find anything to make me laugh. Instead, it was the strong acting which saved an otherwise curiously vacuous show.

TW rating 3/5 Jessica Nero