Blending sea shanties with pop songs and West End classics is a bizarre notion that really shouldn’t work. Yet when our six singers arrive on a stage, wearing fishermen’s jumpers and surrounded by ropes and nets, they look right at home. They first started doing this during the pandemic, when the shows they usually performed in (Jersey Boys, Les Misérables and Mamma Mia to name but some) were shut down. Now they’re doing it because they want to, and the passion they pour into each number is testament to that.

Part of the fun here is recognising what song they’re singing, or more specifically, which songs they’ve shantified. You know the lyrics but the arrangements and harmonies are so different, it takes a moment for your brain to catch up. From well-loved hits by Dolly Parton, Elton John and Spice Girls to popular musical-theatre songs from Hamilton, Six, Oliver! and more, the men (a mix of baritone, bass and tenor) wrap their talented vocal cords round them all. Some arrangements are funny (so too the between-song banter), some are genuinely moving, all are beautifully sung by this talented crew.

Shantify!, Assembly Rooms, until 25 August, 1pm