No Idea *** TNT

This likeable “go with the flow” two-hander is the first show to emerge from Improbable’s Associate Artist Project, a new venture offering support to those with whom the innovative performance company has previously worked.

Actresses Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence are just like any pair of young women – except that the diminutive Lisa often uses a wheelchair and is a fraction of the height of her “normal” friend. So when, armed with a tape recorder, they set about gathering proposals for their new devised show the suggestions generated by members of the public revealed subliminally contrasting attitudes depending on the way in which they were elicited.

Punctuating their interpretations of the results by playfully, but tellingly, rearranging life-sized tripartite photos of themselves, the duo mimic, explore and act out the various ideas – including a catchy Dickensian song and dance routine, executed by Lisa (in top hat and waistcoat and with her infectious grin in full-on mode) which, as Rachael accompanies her on the keyboard, expounds the advantages and drawbacks of having a much commented upon cheeky face atop a tiny body.

A short, gently probing affair, it shows the strength of their friendship whilst exposing how swiftly character judgements are made according to appearances and the circumstances under which one or the other of the duo is, for different reasons, unintentionally sidelined.

It’s a long way from conventional theatre but, unfussily staged under the direction of Improbable’s Lee Simpson, makes its point in an original and unpreachy way.

Young Vic, The Cut, SE1 8LZ Tube: Southwark / Waterloo (0207 922 2922) youngvic.org
Until 31 July £17.50 (under 26’s £10)