Departure Lounge by Dougal Irvine

As brash and obnoxious as the lager-swilling Brits abroad it depicts, this production nevertheless has a certain cheeky charm.

While waiting in the Ryan Air departure lounge in Malaga, four British teenage boys contemplate their week-long holiday – the drinking, the vomiting, the girls, and their friendship.

Dougal Irvine’s rambunctious book accurately captures the gleefully crude expressions with which teenage boys address one another.

Essentially a coming of age saga set in an airport, the show’s appeal lies in its boisterous humour, high-octane dance routines and attractive music, which is played solely on two acoustic guitars.

Irvine and fellow guitarist Phil James flawlessly accompany the four clear voices of the boys (Mike Shearer, Luke Kempner, Stuart Matthew Price and Tim Edwards) to beautiful effect. The contrast between their yobbish behaviour and angelic voices indicates that most of their loutishness is just posturing.

Irvine’s satire is well observed. One song lampoons the way teenage boys favour ‘gay’ as an insult above any other word, another exuberantly and uncomfortably documents the pillaging of Spanish hospitality.

Joyfully crass, the production has all the rowdy energy of a group of teenagers let loose on the Costa del Sol.