The vespa-driving, party-hopping counterculture of the 60s is back to seduce the Lowry audience with a soundtrack from The Who made to lift any apathetic spirit.

Showing that beauty blossoms from tragedy, Dear England’s pithy production follows Gareth Southgate’s scrappy career, from heading the Three Lions into the 2018 FIFA World Cup to his final tournament as England manager in 2024.

A Knight’s Tale has been given a karaoke rewrite, moulding together your favourite pop tracks to cram the musical with sugary hits, but the show’s outstanding set and choreography more than make up for its familiar jukebox soundtrack.

Picture You Dead is a hilarious thriller that manoeuvres from car boot sales to multiple murder plots. The modest stage thriller is full of British charm and brings an understated mystery to the Lowry stage.