Prom season at St Jude’s promises a mix of jazz, choral music and family friendly concerts

Dan Carrier’s movies news: New Town Utopia

It’s the odds couple in Lean on Pete

Park’s a summer gigs oasis

Dazzling experience on a bargain menu

Circus performers’ lives turned upside down

New King’s Head theatre wins planning approval from Town Hall

LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel partnership set to electrify Barbican

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Baroquestock; European and World Music Festival; Russian opera at Rosslyn Hill Chapel; Jazz at the Map Cafe

Review: The Writer, at Almeida Theatre

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Dig It Sound System; Justin Robertson; Barenaked Ladies

The home truths of public housing

Vision for the new King’s Head theatre is revealed

Peake performance in Funny Cow

Director Newell channels Four Weddings in old-fashioned romance

Take a look at Hook, much more than just chips

Kentish Town’s ‘father of art photography’

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Record Store Day; Libertines quiz; Heather Small

The Royal Opera House brilliant revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a deliciously murderous affair

Savour Baroquestock – a 10-day ‘feastival’ at Heath Street Baptist Church