Patrick Marber wrote Closer in 1997 and was surprised at its instant success.

In it, he explores honesty in human relationships with wit and humour.

The play is concerned with only four characters, Alice, a drifter, Dan, a journalist, Larry, a doctor and Anna, a photographer.

We see how they meet and how their lives intertwine. We are privy to their sexual appetites and jealousies in some detail and see how they destroy their relationships.

The redeeming feature about this play is the humour. After an initial sharp intake of breath, the audience settles down to enjoy it and there are many belly laughs.

One of the best scenes is where the two men log on to an internet chat-room (Dan pretending to be Anna) and explore each other's sexual fantasies.

This is a demanding play for the actors but both Daniel Pressley (Dan) and Michael Boet (Larry) perform strongly.

Lucinda Choat as Alice has a tendency to drop her voice and needs to project more. Zoe Edden (Anna) is the stronger of the women.

If anything, the play is rather too long and director Tony Edwards could pay more attention to pace. However it is well worth a visit if you can stomach the Anglo-Saxon words.