ADAPTED by BBC-award nominated writer, Ed Greenwood, The Room: The Musical looks to recreate the baffling awfulness of actor and director Tommy Wiseau’s infamous movie of the same name.

The Room, released in 2003 and described as a romantic drama, is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. However, it has gone on to enjoy a large following of Bad Film fans.

Needless to say, this show lives or dies based on whether or not you have seen the original film. For the most part, scenes and characters are faithfully recreated and the constant wisecracks at the American movie's shoddiness and many, many plot holes do provide some laughs but, ultimately, a lot of their original material is not strong enough to stand up on its own.

The show is also hampered by inexperienced performers and technical limitations. While they do attempt to hang a lampshade on some of this, such as a very amusing piece of meta-humour regarding a screen and a projector that broke down after the first scene, the lack of polish does diminish the overall production, especially considering that this is a paid show. There are also very few actual songs in this supposed musical, and the few that are present feel short, tacked-on and pointless.

There is the kernel of a good idea in here somewhere. If more effort was put into actually making a musical retelling of The Room, that could be very funny. As it is, this show is just unoriginal and quite dull for the most part.