NR's Tommy Garside plays Bonehead in the new stage comedy exploring the infamous 1990s chart rivalry between Blur and Oasis. The show debuts at Birmingham Rep Theatre before finishing at Manchester Opera House

London, 1995. Two of the country’s biggest bands release singles on the same day, commencing the battle of Britpop.

On one side, clean-cut, art-school intellectuals from the South. On the other: raw and unapologetic lads from the North. Rivalries flare, friendships fracture and at the centre of it all a mania that would define an era – were you Blur or Oasis?