It was smart of Simone Mousset’s company to wait until week two to programme this surreal, satirical take on the world of dance theatre, part of the Luxembourg Showcase. By this point we have seen enough of the shows they’re parodying to be able to recognise all too well some ridiculous tropes. Three men in mullet wigs are prancing around, running, stopping, swinging pendulum arms, humming in three-part harmony, among a forest of hanging pastel-coloured blobs. They are, they tell us, all called Andrea, and what we are watching is a sequel that harks back to a show that does not exist.

They invite preposterous audience interaction, repeat fugues of dialogue and movement; at one point they all inexplicably switch from English to French. Every cliché of contemporary dance theatre is sent up, even the ones that started out wryly themselves. There’s the obligatory false ending with breathy microphone monologue, the dancing out of a word to represent a feeling. It’s parody upon parody and pure, irresistible silliness: Monty Python meets Pina Bausch. You do get the sense that once they have landed on a trope to burlesque, they let surreal behaviour do the heavy comic lifting. But it’s a pleasure to laugh so much at a dance piece.

The Passion Of Andrea 2, Assembly @ Dance Base, until 25 August, 7pm; main picture: Kalene Jeans.