In a world where many young theatre-makers are in thrall to technology, Indefinite Articles' retelling of the Odyssey is agreeably low-tech: its main piece of equipment is an overhead projector of the kind found in classrooms. On to this the performers pour sand, which they mould, displace and draw on to create a series of images on the screen. It is a very neat idea.
At one point in the evening - when Odysseus's ancient dog recognises his returning master and dies of joy - the sand image of the animal simply seems to dissolve before your eyes. At another, when Penelope's suitors are dispatched by the returning hero, a constant stream of falling sand stands in for the screen itself: ghostly faces suddenly emerge from amid the falling grains and disappear. The sense of dust to dust, of walking in the footsteps of those who came before us, is palpable.
These are high points in a 60-minute show that is always engaging and clever but which does not have the mythic power or sense of epic that it needs for ballast. This is in part because the framing device doesn't quite come off: two miserable days stranded at a puppet festival in Belgium really doesn't equate to spending 20 years wandering the Aegean and encountering monsters as you try to return home. For all its many failings, even the Piccadilly line is not half as terrifying as the Cyclops.
None the less, it is a clever and endearing piece of storytelling, and though the company may have exploited all the possibilities of the overhead projector as a theatrical tool, it seems likely that they will produce future shows of similar ingenuity.
· Until January 24. Box office: 08700 500511.
