Slovakian ice-dancers Heap Krusiak and Pebble Adverati have always been at the top of their game – they are a latter-day Torvill and Dean. There was their famous, world-championship-winning ice dance Apollo, in which Pebble played Neil Armstrong and Heap the lunar docking module. People still talk about the way they brought politics into skating with their Tibetan show, in which Heap played a Buddhist monk and Pebble was an unforgettable Dalai Lama.
With their fixed grins, understated costumes and ability to come up with a mumbled inanity for every media occasion, Heap and Pebble have been brilliant ambassadors for their chosen sport. But now they face their greatest challenge: a comeback in a world in which there is no ice. The 6.0 of the title refers not just to the perfect score in ice-dance competitions but also to six degrees, and the effects of global warming that have led to the cancellation of the Winter Olympics. No more skating; no more bobsleigh. No wonder Heap and Pebble's favourite song is I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
This is a lovely little show. It's not entirely formed, and needs a stronger directorial eye, but it is funny and has some neatly handled audience participation. It's intelligent and rather poignant, too, in the way it shows two people beaming with misguided optimism in the face of calamity. Like all of us, Heap and Pebble just carry on regardless; their fixed smiles never slip even as the polar ice cap melts.
