The entertainment industry has pretty much closed down in reality. Bars are closed, event spaces are likely to be closed until May or even September and festivals are dropping like flies.

After its nationally acclaimed debut in 2016, Cathy Marston’s ballet adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, Jane Eyre, returned this week in an expanded form to The Lowry.

There was always going to be mixed feelings about a stage production of Jane Eyre.