In 1938, a handful of the Hitler Youth did a foreign exchange programme with the families of Boy Scouts in the British countryside. It's a lesser-known but true story that Taggart writer Glenn Chandler landed upon during a research spree for new material. And The Good Scout is the response to that bizarre discovery: a queer reimagining of what might've happened during that trip shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.

The Good Scout creates a sort of detective game for the audience: with the impending war, every sentence and iteration from the two visiting Hitler Youth boys may offer clues about Germany's forthcoming wartime moves. Will they reveal Hitler's plans? Or are they just visiting as spies? Actors Clementhe Lohr and Simon Stache both intelligently realise the inevitable fears and anxieties of the German youngsters as international tensions increase.

Chandler promises romance between the British and German boys and delivers on that promise with a few tasteful kissing scenes, but perhaps they're a little too tasteful; staging something racier may have helped express the carnal desire that connects these two seemingly polarised tribes that ultimately share a human connection.

It's refreshing that The Good Scout evades any sort of weighty political message in favour of a human one: the show focuses on celebrating this brief moment the Germans and Britons bonded, months before the deadly outbreak of war tore them apart.

TheSpace @ Surgeons Hall, until 24 Aug, 8.20pm, £12 (£10).