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Opera: The Queen of Spades/L’elisir d’amore Garsington ...

Muriel Spark led an implausible life. Born into straitened circumstances in Edinburgh as the First World War came to an end, she shone at school before moving to one of the least glamorous corners of

Musical: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ...

Sondheim’s final musical, inspired by Surrealism, has a ‘mesmerising oddity’ unlike any other, but is nonetheless compelling, and a Chekhov-inspired play is as riveting as an Ibsen-based one is lacking in depth

Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bridge Theatre, ...

Theatre: Mrs. Warren’s Profession The Garrick Theatre, ...