CUCKOO Creative Arts is an offshoot of PAW, Winchester University's excellent stage society, and this one act drama, the third staged production by WriterDirector NICK EDGEWORTH is a tribute to the inspiring nature of amateur theatre and an introduction to the work of an enterprising new group.

The premise is irresistibly intriguing. Maria Drake (SOPHIE TERRELL, beautifully voiced) has been called to meet Adrian Rockwell (MARK GOWER, very poised), thinking her job's helping write his autobiography, but Rockwell, under the control of some powerful malevolent spirit, will bring about the Apocalypse that very night unless Maria can argue a case for humanity.

It's a perfect scenario for a philosophical dialogue in the context of a thriller. Other interpretations are incorporated, naturally - quite movingly - though more poetic language might add yet more potency.