Contralto Jessica Dandy gives recital at Hampstead Parish Church

Dan Carrier’s movies news: The Top Dog; Ready or Not

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: The Garage; DMC World Championships; The Membranes; Dog Eat Dog

Simply delicious down on Le Petite Ferme

Review: BIG: The Musical, at Dominion Theatre

Review: Midlife Cowboy, at Pleasance Theatre

Review: Black Chiffon, at Park Theatre

Review: Call Me Fury, at The Hope Theatre

It’s the true blues

Art that doesn’t need a label

Supremes caught ruling

Lady sings the (bawdy) blues

Behind the curtain of Georgian theatre

Marie Stopes – a modern opera, yet still controversial

Rare clarinet treat at Conway Hall

Opera Loki brings Puccini’s Butterfly to Highgate

Britten and Shostakovich: a musical friendship

Review: Anna Bella Eema, at Arcola Theatre

Review: Fame, at Peacock Theatre

Fusion’s the fashion at Fatt Pundit