In this riff on The Breakfast Club, four Somali girls are forced to endure ‘dugsi detention’ together in a London mosque. Over the course of an afternoon, they engage in rapid-fire banter and swap stories about what they wished they had been told as children; namely to watch out for meddling aunties and unexpected holidays. The references in Dugsi Dayz might be culturally specific, but the humour is universal to anybody who remembers being a teenager.

The characters are also wonderfully fleshed out for a run-time of only one hour. Yasmin (Faduma Issa) and Munira (Sabrina Ali) are frivolous but endearing best friends; Salma (Susu Ahmed) is the approval-seeking latecomer; and Hani (Hadsan Mohamud) sits in the corner nursing a secret. They speak and behave like authentic teenagers, but it is the performances that really make these characters so endearing; Ahmed’s, in particular, is a comedic tour-de-force, vacillating between berating the other girls for their sins and enthusiastically joining in their silliness.

Beyond the comedy, though, Dugsi Dayz has a big beating heart. As the girls reveal secrets to each other, they bond over a lack of freedom and difficult relationships with their parents, and when they leave detention, it’s with a newfound empathy for one another. This is a well-trodden story (strangers stuck in a room learning to respect each other) but Dugsi Dayz’ vibrant characters, razor-sharp dialogue and easy tonal balance ensure that it feels fresh and entertaining.

Dugsi Dayz, Underbelly Cowgate, until 27 August, 12.40pm.