You're trapped on an island in the middle of a lake miles (well one mile to be precise) from civilisation for two freezing cold nights. Your food supplies have sunk along with your boat and you have no tent or sleeping bags. Who would you choose to share this predicament with? Much as I love mine here at the WT, work colleagues probably wouldn't be your first choice.

So opens Neville's Island, the Torch Theatre Company's most recent production, chosen by Peter Doran to celebrate a decade of his artistic directorship at the Torch.

Four employees of the Pennine Water Company find themselves surrounded by freezing cold water an awful long way from home. The comedy explores the response of four very different personalities to the crisis.

Before the play has even started you cannot help but be impressed by the actual Neville's Island, the physical set created by designer Sean Crowley.

The stage in the newly refurbished theatre has been flooded with hundreds of gallons of water and a very muddy, autumnal island created in the middle. The physical effect of the set is breathtaking and watching the actors slosh through the water, wring out sodden underwear and get muddy knees as they scramble around gives the action a very real feel.

At first all four men, engaged on an outdoor team building exercise, seem your typical bunch of corporate execs but as the play develops so do their relationships and revelations.

There is Gordon, the Simon Cowell-esque bully who feels he should have been team leader; religious Roy whose 13 month "holiday" from work masked his mental health problems; Angus whose wife has packed his rucksack for him with shiny new survival gear and all his clothes neatly zip-locked and hapless Neville whose cryptic deciphering of orienteering clues has got them into this mess in the first place.

The first half of the play is chock full of chuckles with Tim Firth's crackling script and plenty of physical humour; think four men changing out of sopping clothes with nothing but a towel between them and the audience.

Towards the end of the second half things get darker, as tempers start to fray, a hint of madness is thrown into the mix and home truths come spewing out.

All four actors put in a very praiseworthy performance, with a special mention going to Liam Toblin as a slowly unravelling Roy.

I won't tell you how the play ends, but it is in such a visually striking way that the final image will be burned in your memory long after you leave the theatre.

A stunning set, great acting, laughs aplenty, as well as an insight into the grittier side of human interaction. Neville's Island is well worth stranding yourself for an evening at the Torch.