(remor) @ St Luke's Church, Liverpool, 27-28 May

Physical Fest’s programme is predictably glimmering with theatrical treasures, and one such jewel is an 11-minute ‘locked room’ production from pioneering Spanish company Res de Res. Situated within the artistically fertile grounds of St Luke's Church, (remor) encourages 15 disconcerted audience members to jostle, squeeze and huddle their way into an intimate, purpose-built prison cell.

The brevity of the piece may prompt the misassumption that (remor) is an easy performance; unnecessary and inconsequential. This is not the case. It may seem a clichéd notion that good things come in small packages, but for (remor) the phrase is much more than mere cliché. The literality of the modest space mingles with the intimate subject matter to create a performance that is both confident and resonate.

The premise is simple: a couple explore the disintegration of their relationship through movement. Fast sequences verge on being animalistic, and at times acrobatic, while more measured moments see Marta Barceló and Joan Miquel Artigues navigate through the space with slow balances and touchingly pedestrian pauses.

The primary theme is love, and it is visible in the movements of the couple as they fling themselves together, apart, and against the space in which they are confined. Dialogue is replaced by the venereal grunts of coupling and violence, the emotions of the duo constantly changing from frustration to arousal and all that’s in between.

The candidness of the performance is undeniable. Written, choreographed, directed and performed by Barceló and Artigues, their ownership of the piece is clear in its execution. Initially premiered in Mallorca in 2011, the show won a Total Theatre Award for Best Physical & Visual Theatre at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe and is a feature of Birmingham’s BE Festival in July. At just £3, you really have no excuse. [Alecia Marshall]