Alex - TNT

City slickers might just catch a reflection of themselves in this entertaining depiction of life in the Square Mile, an amusing marriage of projected animation and live performance as cartoon strip character Alex comes to 3-D life. For two decades, this smug, insensitive investment banker has appeared in the daily press – previously in the Independent, and, since 1992, in the Telegraph. In this stage adaptation, his creators have placed him in crisis – his wife wants a baby but he's too preoccupied for a sprog-making shag, one of his client companies is seriously overvalued, and he's far too busy spending time not working to read a crucial report. Floppy-haired and with the suggestion of a paunch beneath his pinstripe suit, Robin Bathurst makes a perfect Alex as he not only interacts with digital projections of his friends and colleagues but provides their voices too. At 75 minutes long, this engaging show knows its limits but still succeeds in exposing some of the least likeable traits of the city financier.
Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, WC2 (0870-520 4020) Until 8th December. Tickets £27.50 -£12.00