After 72 hours, the chance of finding a missing person alive drops drastically. At the beginning of An Interrogation, it’s been 68 hours since a young woman disappeared. Young, driven detective Ruth Palmer is left alone in the interrogation room to interview suspected murderer Cameron Andrews. Taking place in a single room, An Interrogation is as gripping and claustrophobic as the best TV detective dramas. Live camera footage projected onto a big screen provides interesting insights into body language under the table and close-up facial expressions, but the overall effect is distracting rather than insightful.

On the surface, An Interrogation is a straightforward police procedural narrative, leaning on classic detective tropes (the slimy suspect, the bolshy male boss). But there are moments of barbed social comment too: ‘men like you always get away with it,’ remarks Ruth Palmer at the play’s turning point, and that underlying sentiment elevates the production. (Suzy Pope) 

An Interrogation, Summerhall, until 27 August, 1.10pm (plus 18 & 19, 25 & 26 August, 10.20pm).