A JITTERY bride and groom, a neurotic mother, an absent father, ageing relatives, family squabbles, drunken bridesmaids and a nervous best man – what would a wedding be without them?!

Add to the guest list a missing flower girl, some nudity, one man’s battle with his sexuality and an oddball chamber maid and you have the recipe for a real show stopper.

Dante or Die, in assocation with Theatre Royal Winchester and the Hat Fair, bring their sight specific gem to six bedrooms of the city’s Holiday Inn.

The audience, all with supplied colour-coded buttonholes and some getting into the spirit of it with fascinators and bridal finery, were invited to spend the 15 minutes leading up to the ceremony with various members of a fictional wedding party.

As each audience of ten watches the scene unfold in room after room, they become more and more engrossed in a fascinating tale of relationships.

The Bride’s brother is getting frisky with the Maid of Honour in the Bridal Suite, the Best Man is practising a pretty painful speech and the Bride’s mother and father are reunited for the first time in years, all at the rushed wedding of a couple who have only just met over the Internet. There are comic moments aplenty and some really tender scenes.

I became so immersed in the drama of being a fly on the wall that it barely seemed odd when a scantily clad amorous couple landed on my lap!

As newlyweds, this show particularly appealed to my husband and I. But it is a real treat for anyone with voyeuristic tendencies.

It's one of the most clever, innovative and engaging pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen.

Think Jeremy Kyle meets Four Weddings and a Funeral meets Gavin and Stacey and you’re getting close.