Troupe with tip-top talent on tap

0 Old Kent Road dance with dynamism , passion and panache wooden boards as their stage. Dressed in sharp grey silk outfits with matching shoes, the playwright herself as the eponymous chimpanzee. Set in 1934 dust bowl America, Goody and her trainer Frances, reminisce about the events that brought them here and try to fathom the world of men. Unfortunately the script is never quite funny, touching or interesting enough but Roslyn is convincingly simian throughout. RORY FORD they open the show with an ensemble routine that sends the feel-good factor in the room sky high. There’s not a weak link between them, each confidently gliding in and out of moments of group unison and technically challenging solos.

As the show progresses, the troupe splits into twos and threes, showing us what they’re made of as individual dancers before building it back up. All the while, the superb musicians match their every move with a suitable groove. So in sync are they that at times there’s a kind of call and response from feet to instrument.

Fall Out is, apparently, a show about falling out of love – but if there is a narrative here, it’s a subtle one which I for one failed to spot. But then what need is there for stories when the choreography and execution is so slick and dynamic?

Old Kent Road has hit on a gap in the dance market – long may they continue to plug it. KELLY APTER