Double act: Parlour and upstairs at The Oxford Tavern

Michael White’s classical news: the Proms; Die Walkure

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Lovely Spread; Coronavirus; Améliore; Essentially Black; If We Ended This; At Home With Miss Angela Bra

Grooves: Standon Calling; Lafayette; Chrissie Hynde; JW Paris; The Lovely Eggs

Jobs: making light work of capitalism

Forest family up sticks for urban jungle in The Fever

There is strife on Mars in Settlers

JiJi: from sushi to shawarma

So nice to hear music again…

Review: The Game of Love and Chance, at Arcola Outside

Michael White’s classical news: Oxford Piano Festival; Musique Cordiale; Hampstead Garden Opera; Tête-à-tête

Review: Anna X, at Harold Pinter Theatre

Erasure tribute to ‘high nrg’ Lanah P

Do look back

The very model of friendship

Footy fans leave movie crew in need of a little extra time

Uncovering first act in the life of an extraordinary theatre critic

Review: The Invisible Hand, at Kiln Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: William Byrd; London Choral Sinfonia; St Marylebone Festival; IGF Guitar Summit

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Crisis? What Crisis?; Come From Away; The Two Character Play; Romeo and Juliet