Posh **** TNT

Privileged, pompous and destined for a lifetime of entitlement, the ten student members of Laura Wade’s fictitious Riot Club have an unshakeable belief in their inherent superiority and the power of money and class to excuse any bad behaviour.

Her vividly executed new play shines a critical light on the loutish activities – puerile initiation ceremonies; excessive drinking with bin bags at the ready, the mandatory postprandial trashing of private property – indulged in by this small selection of the elite.

Lyndsey Turner’s strongly cast production proves horribly entertaining (David Dawson’s gay Hugo, a don in the making, particularly impresses). But it’s a lousy advert for Oxbridge - and an even worse one for aspiring PM David Cameron, a former member of the exclusive Bullingdon which this roistering dining club reputedly resembles.

Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS Sloane Square tube www.royalcourttheatre.com 020 7565 5000 Until 22nd May (£10-£25)