The Long Drop ★★★
Denise Mina’s The Long Drop explores the crimes of Peter Manuel, the ‘Beast of Birkenshaw’, one of Scotland’s most notorious serial killers
Theatre
Are You Watching? – Royal Court ★★★
Georgie Dettmer explores the sexual politics of the technological era in her provocative debut play, ‘Are You Watching?’
Atonement – Chichester Festival Theatre ★★★★
Ian McEwan’s classic novel, ‘Atonement’, comes to the stage for the first time in this adept adaptation.
The Marriage of Figaro – Scottish Opera ★★★★
Sir Thomas Allen revives his much-loved production of Mozart’s timeless classic ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ for a Scottish Opera tour
Black Comedy ★★★★
Renowned playwright Peter Shaffer engages funny mode in this revival of Black Comedy at the delightfully intimate Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond.
Dark of the Moon ★★
‘Dark of the Moon’ portrays the clash of two dynamically-polarised worlds in an unlikely new musical
RSC’s The Tempest ★★★★
Stars align and applause is thunderous as Richard Eyre makes his directorial debut at The RSC
Bank of Dave (touring) ★★★★
Lovable underdog takes on the corporate fat cats in Rob Madge and Pippa Cleary’s new biographical musical ‘Bank of Dave’
Quartet in Autumn ★★★★★
Bacon at 46 pence, butter beans at 12 pence, and a prejudicial haughtiness against Dairy
End of The Rainbow – Soho Theatre Walthamstow ★★★★★
In late 1968, Judy Garland was running out of road, out of money and out