Big Basin Redwoods State Park was created in 1902, as dozens of lumber companies were racing to fell as many tall trees in the region as they could.

But the musical’s politics are as unsubtle as any other aspect of this lumbering show.

Sometimes lumbering though always well-intentioned, it’s an ode to tales of lovable, scrappy galoots who keep a glint in their pummeled eyes.

He also argues that it is “often the young and less well-off who are being lumbered with costs they cannot afford, in ways which are unjustified”.

Sam Underhill replaces the injured Tom Curry and will fell South African lumber all day, even if he doesn’t offer the same turnover threat at the breakdown.