An original piece of music, dance and storytelling, Four Corners is a debut from inclusive theatre company, Blink Dance Theatre. Spanning less than an hour, with sensory delights for all, we start with four corners that each have their own colour and personality. The performers are slowly connected together through movement, dance, music and speech, weaving their tale together in a myriad of ways.

Sparky Francis Majekodunmi is a cheeky chappy with some of the best dance moves you’ve ever seen, he loves the finer things in life but doesn’t particularly like working hard. He’s setting up a date with Katherine Gill, who’s a fitness and fun loving shopaholic. Her hard-working personal trainer is Delson Weekes, who somehow manages to swap his bag with free-wheeling Vicki Hawkins. After much confusion, including Francis ending up in jail, Delson tracks down Vicki and we see the four corners interwoven.

I’ve never seen a more enthusiastic or deserving audience. The inclusivity of the piece speaks for itself, as the performers go on a journey by looking through each others eyes as well as learning about individuality.

The music by Matthew Hawkins is original, inspiring and fresh. Some of it simply played live in front of us and then looped to create a beat, which allowed you to really see it evolve and grow as the piece does. The use of voiceovers and soundscapes to create a time and place is also fun and inventive. This music links with the movement throughout the piece which is a mixture of contemporary and street, it involves moments of thought and contemplation as well as fun and laughter.

Specifically the design of the piece by Ruta Irbite feels current and thoroughly thoughtout. Nothing is forgotten about and all of it is linked intrinsically together.

The performers themselves are full of charm and bring, again, their own individual expressions to the piece. You can tell that this is a production which has been made in collaboration with the performers, allowing them to develop the piece around themselves. It is thrilling to see something so personal, accessible and inviting brought to a stage. The ending is such a delight; a massive dance party set to live beats, which saw everyone invited on stage to enjoy themselves. The pure joy was infectious.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Lyric is at the forefront of its game, it is striving every day to bring young, un-stereotyped performers to the front of the stage. And they will continue to shout about it until we see it on every stage, because there is nothing else worth investing in.

Four Corners played at the Lyric Hammersmith until 11 June and is playing at Hackney Empire until 18 June. For more information and tickets, see the Blink Dance Theatre website.