Keir aura

Siege mentality

How diners are served up a taste of big-name acts at Cafe Koko

The stage is set for Arts Council grant for award-winning theatre

Solitary shopkeeper’s awakening in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Moral maze

Review: A Word for Mother, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Review: The Cherry Orchard, at Donmar Warehouse

For one month only: award-winning ‘mistaken margherita’ arrives at Fatto a Mano

Michael White’s classical news: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; Antonio Pappano; Michael Tilson Thoma; Salon Musi

Burn baby burn

A safe haven

The Fall Guy: it’s quite big, but not clever

Crime and punishment

Review: The Cord, at Bush Theatre

Review: Machinal, at Old Vic Theatre

Grooves: Independent Record Label Market; Jack Valero; John Robb; Frank Turner; Shaznay Lewis

Michael White’s classical news: Handel’s house; Leonidas Kavakos; Brahms Piano Trios; Ligeti’s Ricercata

A labour of love across two generations