They say you can tell a good musical if you are humming the tunes as you leave the theatre, in the same way you can tell the quality of a play if you are talking about the issues raised when you leave the auditorium, with God Sports I can guarantee you will be having a lively discussion with your theatre-going companions as you drive home.

The play, written by Gopi Warrier, tackles the huge divide between Eastern and Western values, ideas in medicine, spirituality (or the lack of it in the West), racism, poetry, love and philosophy - and all in a compact 50-minutes.

These monumental issues are told through the love story of a scientist from Indian, Ashok, played by Rhik Sammader, who is infatuated by an English scientist, Pandora (Imogen Vinden-North). His romantic and beautifully written poems are misinterpreted by her. She claims he is stalking her and takes the extreme act of getting the police involved.

The complex issues of modern medicine opposing Ayurveda (Eastern medicine) is neatly explained by Deepika, an Ayurvedic doctor, played by Mouna Albakry and Dr Cavendish, a highly respected physicist (Duncan Smith).

Racism comes to the fore in a dramatic way and then the complexities of India and how the country copes with its poor is put into the mix.

Writer Gopi Warrier has managed to weave these somewhat dry subjects into wonderful poetic prose, which makes you want to catch and linger on every word the actors say.

My only feeling was that with so many issues, the play could be a little longer to have time to develop and delve into the profound ideas.

New End Theatre, Hampstead, Until July 31. Lindi Bilgorri