Artistic director of the wonderful Scottish Dance Theatre, choreographer Joan Clevillé, has crafted, in collaboration with the dancers, a show which never buckles under the weight of its considerable ambition. There's everything thrown into the mix—a feather fight; dancers rolling in a pair of inflatable Zorb balls, inventive underwater dance sequences—yet it works, with a sharp script and movement which is both accessible to all, and multi-layered. Clevillé always had a playful spirit in his work, but he manages to weave funny storylines together with potent messages about the troubled times we live in. The two are effectively reconciled without a preachy narrative that alienates the audience.

Tom (a brilliantly Puckish Dylan Read) is the classic worker ant, tiring of his quotidian rut of working in a sports store. He'd rather let his imagination fly free, penning wistful adventure tales of pirates on the high seas. But first, there's team building exercises for the hapless salesman to endure. Yay.

Read anchors the whole production beautifully, bringing pathos, his bouffon clowning technique and likeable charm to the role. He has an innate understanding of mimesis and physical theatre, as well as the spontaneity of dance primarily made for children.