HOUSE Of No Return takes the audience on a journey through the conscience of American tourist Merv Corbin. He is a less-than-successful writer from New England taking a holiday on Dartmoor, North Devon.

We are shown the start of his journey on film. It is not until later in the play there is any live performance.

Merv loses his way on the moors and stumbles into a lonely house in the middle of Dartmoor.

The confusion the audience experiences through the mix of music, film and live performance acts as a metaphor for the anguish Merv is going through.

It is a difficult task to unravel the points being made in this bewildering production.

In fact for most of the time you are scrambling around for scraps trying to make sense of it all.

Nature is a key theme throughout the production, reiterated by images on screen.

The audience is left to make up their own minds as to what nature is capable of.

The images on camera show the beauty of the moors but the characters repeat warnings of its terrible cruel powers.

The performance by the only live actor, Paul Morel, is brilliant.

He is able to change characters instantly and lets the audience build up a relationship with each of them.

Morel was able to bring out the humourous side of the eerie characters Betty, Peter and Steven, breaking up the tense atmosphere created by the spooky Lord H.

This production's intriguing blend of film and vivid characterisation leaves the audience both spellbound and confused.

House Of No Return. To May 21, Warehouse Theatre, Dingwall Road, Croydon, £6.50 - £15. For tickets and times, call 020 8680 4060.