A play - of sorts - arrived at the Liverpool Playhouse this week with the star being Britannia herself (she who Rules the Waves, we mean).

The thoughts of voters provide the supporting cast for "My Country - A Work in Progress" in collated interviews carried out around the UK after the EU referendum to discover what people really feel about their country.

Real voices from real people.

Wirral Globe:

The cast of ‘My Country’ at the Playhouse. Picture by Sarah Lee

It is a collective perception of life in this Brexit era.

National Theatre director Rufus Norris is jointly credited with the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, for this 75-minute show.

The interviews are weaved around with real quotes from politicians including David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage - voiced by the talented Penny Layden as Britannia.

Among the fractious issues raised in these vox pops are immigration, patriotism, the vote and its aftermath, leadership and regional identity.

Robbie Bruce and Irish dancing are referenced, as is Donald Trump's Scottish mother.

It has snatches of music such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes and Showaddywaddy.

Seven actors speak the words of wisdom verbatim with Britannia acting as a sort of moderator.

Does it work ? Yes and no.

It is not a play in the true, traditional sense. No special effects, no interval - just desks and ballot boxes which take centre stage.

Yet an hour and 15 minutes is not long enough to achieve what it aims to do.

Areas where people were surveyed and recorded are Caledonian, North East, Northern Ireland, Cymru, East Midlands and the South West.

But important voices are missing from this theatrical jigsaw, such as those from Yorkshire and the North West - not to mention the Remain-voting London and the South East.

According to a post-show question and answer session "there wasn't time."

Wirral Globe: Penny Layden as Britannia, Seema Bowri as East Midlands and Cavan Clarke as Northern Ireland. Picture by Sarah Lee

I feel the title is clever and yet misleading.

In the end this production felt like a workshop being performed live.

I felt as if I had watched a funny version of the BBC's Question Time, and I was hoping for so much more.

Maybe they should go back to the drawing board.

It's good to see the National Theatre in Liverpool and at the Playhouse. Yet I would like to see the finished product of this intriguing, ambitious creative concept one day.

This really is...a work in progress.

Globe Verdict: Three stars.

My Country - A Work in Progress.

At the Liverpool Playhouse until this Friday, April 15.

Box office: 0151 709 4776.