It’s a classic play from writer J. B. Priestley, starting with an apparently perfect family, then the report of a death, and the questioning of an inspector, cracks open their secrets, one by one. Its themes are morality and community responsibility, and whilst written at the end of the Second World War, but originally set just before the First World War, its message of being accountable for the consequences of your actions is no less relevant today – it still exposes and criticises the hypocrisies of society, regardless of the year.

All the performers are excellent: standouts are Charis Button, as the daughter, Sheila, who has a huge emotional range to work through, which she makes look easy; Rodney Hrvatin and Janet Fletcher as the father and mother are suitably smug – then indignant at being accused of being caught up in this. Their main concerns of how the tragedy affects their class standing makes them unlikeable, yet Hrvatin and Fletcher ensure they are always relatable. Paul Pacillo is superb as the Inspector. Incisive, resolute, and almost always calm, landing his dialogue at the perfect moment for maximum effect. And when Pacillo is loud, it’s so opposite to his usual demeanour that the audience is as shocked as the Birling family.