The Searchers by Andy Beckett – a compelling assessment of five key figures on the Labour left

Review: English at Kiln Theatre

Woman’s quest to right a historic injustice in Our Land, Our Freedom

Spot on

Review: GRILLS, at Camden People’s Theatre

Review: A View From the Bridge, at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Michael White’s classical news: Paul Wee; Játékok; Labèque Sisters; Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo

Grooves: Bat For Lashes; Pem; Faithless; Betty Boo; Age Against The Machine

Shafted! The miners’ strike, and the fight for truth and justice

‘Priestley speaks to a world that is here today’

The lunch bunch

The Dead Don’t Hurt is an instant classic Western

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Camden Roar; So Help Me Dog; A Hunger Artist; Checkout

Review: Boys from the Blackstuff, at National Olivier Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Java Suite; Yuja Wang; Madam Butterfly; Summer Music in City Churches

‘England is suffering from an identity crisis at the moment’

Wye’s words

Romance, roots and home truths in Here

Wain’s world

Review: Bluets, at Royal Court Theatre