Enjoy a Posh night out at the Cambridge Arts Theatre

Posh, a play by award-winning playwright Laura Wade about an exclusive Oxford University dining club, is on now at the theatre until Saturday (September 21).

Said to be based on the infamous Bullingdon Club, an Oxford University society with some rather well-known ex-members, Posh tells the story of a night out for the elite members of the fictional Riot Club.

Tyger Drew-Honey (Outnumbered, Cuckoo) stars in what is a provocative dark comedy, making his stage debut as Alistair Ryle, the toff with a chip on his shoulder.

Other members of the 10-man club include the arrogant and scathing Harry Villiers (Jack Whittle), the calmer and more left-leaning Miles Richards (George Prentice), the meek and somewhat insecure George Balfour (Joseph Tyler Todd), Dimitri (Jamie Littlewood), a member of Greek descent who is never allowed to forget it, and the at times apprehensive club president, James Leighton-Masters.

Most of the 'action' takes place in a private room in a pub in the Oxfordshire countryside and the play took a while to really get going as one by one the guests start arriving.

A lot of the dialogue was outrageously funny and the constantly changing dynamics as the individual members start to become more inebriated, revealing their true personalities in the process, was - for a 'grasshopper' like me - an interesting and very eye-opening study of power, wealth and influence.

Each of the actors did well in their respective roles as the party gradually descends into violent debauchery.

The ending, while not entirely surprising, may come as a bit of a shock to those who don't know the story or who haven't seen the 2014 film version, The Riot Club, starring Max Irons and Sam Claflin.

Although I enjoyed the film more, this live version was definitely an entertaining evening out at the theatre, if a little slow-paced at times, and it certainly made me go away with a lot to think about.