From the jealous partner to the spurned mistress - sex, so they say, is the cause of all murder.

It's a chilling concept and one which would put all of this play's characters at the top of the suspect list, after mutilated bodies of young women are discovered across their imaginary city.

Waiter and one-time actor David is struggling with his love for best friend and womaniser Bernie, whose promiscuity knows no bounds.

David lives with his former lover Candy, a neurotic book reviewer, desperate for affection but fearful of rejection.

Then there is clairvoyant Benita - a disturbed figure of sexual fantasy delivering chilling tales of murder and darkness.

Innocently drawn into proceedings are a lesbian schoolteacher, a young waiter discovering his sexuality and a father and husband looking for adventure.

The plot unfolds as the lives of the cast intertwine on a journey of sexual anxiety and discovery.

There is no distraction from stage scenery, forcing the audience into the characters' shoes to experience their pain and pleasure as the plot develops.

Scenes are played out simultaneously within feet of each other and dialogue crosses over the characters, which keeps up the pace but can make for exhaustion and possibly confusion if your mind was to wander.

With lesbian sex and naked men, Love And Human Remains is not a play for the shockable. But it is one which anyone born in the 1970s could clearly relate to.

Written by celebrated playwright Brad Fraser, best known for his television drama Queer as Folk, Love And Human Remains was first performed in 1989 in Alberta, Fraser's Canadian homeland.

It was critically acclaimed and performed around the world, becoming a cult classic.

After the performance, in the theatre's bar, one particularly vocal and annoying audience member described the play as boring and suggested it was passe.

I'm not sure where she had been for the duration of the show, but it was hard to see how she arrived at her conclusion.

The young cast give it their all and their enthusiasm draws you in.

Granted, it may no longer be groundbreaking, as it was written in a different decade, but it beats another night in front of the television watching yet more reality rubbish.

Love and Human Remains, until November 12. Warehouse Theatre, Dingwall Road, Croydon. Tickets £12 - £15, concs available. Box Office 020 8680 4060.