A modern art exhibition morphed into an upmarket London apartment as it became the setting for an unconventional stream- of-consciousness style performance.

The two actors, Tim Crouch (who wrote the piece) and Hannah Ringham, stood among the audience in Modern Art Oxford while they articulated the thoughts of a character. This two-voice 'monologue' cleverly replicated thought patterns in that it was repetitive, rambling, illogical, at times overlapping and boyfriend obsessed. To start with, the effect of these voices and the beatific smiles on the actors' faces as they pronounced them was a little freaky. But a story unfolded and the audience became drawn into the inner world of a person who is deeply in love, who falls ill and nears death.

A cacophony of earsplitting sounds exploded at opportune moments adding to the uneasy atmosphere of the piece.

In the second act, the character is speaking, through a translator, to the wife of the man whose heart was donated to her and saved her life. The wife exists in our imagination only. but her thoughts are relayed through the translator. Sadly, it becomes clear she has misunderstood the good intentions of the character.

Art is a key theme to the piece. The character's boyfriend, who is constantly talked about, is an international art dealer. The walls of their Southwark apartment, a former jam factory, are adorned with famous and valuable art works and so are the private hospitals she visits. She believes in the power of art to heal.

It was highly appropriate then that the performance took place surrounded by Gary Hume paintings, especially since his series of modernist abstract paintings of doors was recently displayed at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

England is an intense, personal and moving drama. The setting makes it far more intimate than the traditional theatre experience and gives it a lively, quirky quality.