An Odd Occasion is a brief introduction to feminism in three parts that’s short on manspreading and big on lady gardens.

Featuring a slide show of dead feminists, an exploration of body image and a survey of alternatives to the c-word, the work-in-progress is a disorientating combination of performance art, comedy and audience interaction.

It’s clear from the onset that the show’s devisers Irregular Arts are awash with ideas — the audience are welcomed into a room with vagina-shaped muffins, badges emblazoned with “bird” and “slag” and a central performance space circled with high heels and boxes of tampons.

Yet this attention to detail isn’t always evidenced in the production, which Jenny Wilson and Alison Andrews broadly divide into “drag queen” — body image, “power dressing” — women taking on men at their own game — and “fairy godmother,” aspirations for the future.

A tantalising concept with many humorously spontaneous moments — “That’s because you’re a man,” retorts Wilson when a man opines that he’s content with his lot — but too many ideas are tabled without being fully developed.

The disparate elements include Nigella Lawson’s definition of being a domestic goddess and women taking on their husband’s surnames, the success of the latter being dictated by the audience’s willingness to participate in discussion.

The piecemeal approach, while frequently frustrating, does generate engagement with the material in a way that wouldn’t be possible if it was presented in a more formal style.

As such the production succeeds in provoking debate and, while it would benefit from a nip and tuck, it is a delightfully odd occasion.