Your heads-up on this season’s must-see shows and events

Our critic looks back at the best, worst, most underrated and most irritating performances of 2025 and recommends the plays to see this Christmas

EVENTS / EXHIBITIONS / THEATRE / FILM RADIO / PODCAST / FESTIVE TV

27 DECEMBER

Why do civilisations that dominated their epoch fail? In an era of autocracy, climate change, the rise of AI and a first-hand understanding of how deadly pandemics can be, it’s a question that seems p

Curtain’s up! Rugby is back on the boards in a big way with two productions either side of the Irish Sea…