The John Godber Company, Theatre Royal Wakefield

Commissioned by David Pugh who produced The Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and the new Gary Barlow musical The Girls, Poles Apart sees two worlds collide when the scaffolders from hell descend upon a quiet theatre.

Phil, Fat Glen and Polish Jan deliver a breathless rant on life, art and sausage sarnies amid desperate efforts to mend the leaking roof. And when they race off to their next job, leading lady Abi and theatre manager Grahame unleash their real feelings about the men with the hard hats.