The stage musical adaptation of the film of the landmark album by The Who, about a bloody Bank Holiday weekend battle between the Mods and the Rockers in Brighton at the height of their 1960s rivalry, is told from the point of view of teenage rebel, Jimmy, who rides with the Mods because he ‘wants to be different’.

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 30 May; King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 2–Sat 6 Jun.