Despite the title, you don’t need to be a teacher to enjoy this show. Granted, nearly everyone at the show’s sold-out opening night admitted to being a teacher (one even admitted to being a PE teacher, though this may have been a mistake), but if you have school-age children, or can remember being a high school student without suffering horrific flashbacks, this will give you a glimpse of the funny side from the other side.

The MC is Ty Gray, whose teaching experience includes teaching drama in a school where it is a compulsory subject rather than an option. Perhaps because this is his misfortune, not ours, he manages to make his recollections of doing this to a class that included internet-savvy adolescent boys genuinely funny.

Ant Meczes, another high school teacher, talked about the things that made teaching fun – at least by comparison. As any teacher will guess, this means parent-teacher consultations, professional development courses, and school excursions – though he has come up with an idea for a school excursion that sounds as though it would be entertaining and good for morale.

And while we’re on the subject of non-lethal weapons, Tait Middleton visits schools to teach archery (to students, not teachers), which he makes sound vastly more enjoyable than any PE classes I took.

The most educational moment was piano teacher Aidan Jones’s fascinating teaser for his solo show ‘Chopin’s Nocturne’. After playing a few bars of the piece on a piano only slightly smaller than the stage, he explained the effect of the different chords and related this to the theme from ‘Jaws’. He then told an amazing story about composer Hector Berlioz that made me feel better about my own life choices.

Audience participation at the show is mostly optional unless you arrive late without a note explaining your tardiness. Highly recommended even if you’re not a teacher. And even more so if you’re thinking of training to become one.