There is more than a touch of Shockheaded Peter in the style of this show, but not the same levels of skill or emotional depth.
It is four years and 37 days since any guest stayed at the family-run Vacui hotel. The Vacui sisters and their poetry-writing brother Charles are getting increasingly desperate, although they ensure that standards of service never slip. They are ready for the most demanding guest.
Then one wild, stormy night Tallulah suddenly turns up. She doesn't seem to notice the staff's white faces and funny eyebrows. She checks in, but will she ever check out again?
You can see where this Lecoq trained ensemble is coming from, and this show is certainly good fun. But while the company deserve to win every award going for best performance as windscreen wipers, this piece is too slight to sustain even its hour playing time. They have yet to find a way of really telling a good story rather than just using narrative as a vehicle to get them from one visual gag to another.
Nonetheless, a pleasantly twisted hour from a company who with discipline and direction might eventually deliver a really good show.
· Until August 30. Box office: 0131-556 6550
