A society that has sold its soul

From sex to war, everyone has got something to sell. So, how to make sense of it all? Well, Protein's Big Sale is a good place to start.

Starring a company of 'seven flexible friends' (they're dancers, see what they're doing there?) this show offers a restless rollercoaster ride through a society that's sold its soul.

Bouncing on and off a scaffolding set, the pert and perky performers whip up a blackly humorous satire that more than makes up in prodigious energy what it occasionally lacks in subtlety.

Along the way Big Sale takes a pop at pretty much everything from warmongering politics to Posh and Becks, by way of body fascists and celebrity TV reality shows. It doesn't always hit the target, but choreographer Luca Silvestrini's canny mix of physical theatre and sharply observed comedy has so many ideas that if one doesn't work, another will be along soon.

And it's a credit to the infectious charisma of the Protein crew that they even pull off that horror of horrors, the audience participation dance, without falling flat on their backsides. Thankfully that comes near the end - by then I was sold. Keith Watson