"[5] Alun Hood of WhatsOnStage.com gave it five stars, stating "it's a truly great time in the theatre" and "The thunderous score is a major factor in this: Nick Butcher and Tom Ling's tune-filled, exhilarating work occupies that sweet spot where pop, rock and folk compounds with theatrical bombast.

[8] Dominic Cavendish wrote in his review of the year's theatre in The Telegraph newspaper, that "those worrying where the British musical will go after Andrew Lloyd Webber could take heart from The Little Big Things, an uplifting adaptation by the composer Nick Butcher and others.

Suddenly, Fran and Andrew arrive at a Portuguese hospital, frazzled and scared, and they are told that Henry hit his head on a bank of sand whilst diving into the sea, damaging the fourth vertebra in his neck.

They imagine Katie on Henry’s date – in a gallery with a perfect boyfriend – staring at a black canvas, ‘a tragic life devoid of colour’.

Henrys wake up in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, meeting the tireless staff, fronted by the no-nonsense Dr Graham (‘WORK OF HEART’).

The Fraser family are struggling to cope with their shared trauma, with Dom unable to touch his brother, Andrew wondering if it was all his fault, and Fran nearly rejecting Katie’s stacks of cards from his schoolmates – so terrified is she of what Henry’s life will be like now.

Luckily for her, Henry’s ‘brutal but brilliant’ physio, Agnes, is there to help Fran begin to see that there is life after a life-changing accident and that the key lies in accepting change (‘PART OF THE PLAN’).

But as Andrew pushes his wheelchair back inside, Henry sees his reflection in the hospital doors – the first time he has seen himself since Portugal – and he completely breaks down (‘WHY?’).

The Henrys read all the messages of support from their loved ones (‘THE WORLD IS WAITING’), helping them find the strength to make their way out of hospital eleven months early.

The family get into a huge row, and some terrible things are said, leading to Andrew and Fran storming out, and the Fraser brothers fighting it out between them (‘SYMPATHY’).

Andrew returns, apologising about the fight, and shows Henry his new invention: an adapted stylus using his ‘purple protector’ gum shield, so that he can make art on his tablet, using his mouth.

Henry asks his younger self to help him paint the big centrepiece, where they celebrate their story together and use the pain of their past, to find joy in the present (‘GUIDE YOU’).