FRESH from the Edinburgh Fringe, theatre company Unpacked presents No Obvious Trauma.

Combining dance, drama and puppetry in a breathtaking, energetic and experimental take on mental illness, the show is part love story, part detective story.

The abstract opening with its snatches of conversation combines a sense of foreboding with farce.

The three actors dance around the sparse set using the props (two screens, a table and a wheelchair) to propel them into dance sequences, play out the scenes and recreate the movement and sound of a train carriage.

The action centres around two doctors in a psychiatric institution in the 1930s and a mystery woman called Ruth (Zoe Hunter) who does not speak.

As Dr Crawley (Gilbert Taylor) struggles to get her to open up, Dr Weaver (Darren East) is convinced she is someone he once knew. His desire for the truth soon threatens to send him mad.

The intimacy of The Warehouse theatre is the perfect setting for the play which explores identity and mistaken identity, lost love and insanity with a powerful piece of physical theatre which although heavily scripted has an improvised feel to it.

This type of physical theatre demands precision, timing and accuracy from its actors and there were times the sequences looked dangerously close to causing an accident. But it was pulled off with slick performances.

Alongside the acting, the love story between Dr Weaver and Charlotte is played out with absorbing and touching puppetry.

No Obvious Trauma, directed by Clare Dunn, is a thrilling piece of visual theatre which is fresh, fast-paced and, at times, chilling.

Unpacked is a new theatre group consisting of five members who met and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

No Obvious Trauma, set to tour next year, follows the company's successful debut show, The Fourth Violin From The Left.

Unpacked is also working on a new show - let's hope it will be just as visually stunning as its current project.

No Obvious Trauma, until September 24. The Warehouse, Croydon, Box office 020 8680 4060 or visit warehousetheatre.co.uk For more on Unpacked theatre company see unpacked.org