The ego and I

Nubya in Focus

Review: Red Pitch, at the Bush Theatre

Gruff stuff as theatre company stages free shows for families

Artists divided as studio space scheme is blocked

Smith returns to his roots at poetry club

Grief encounters in A Life On The Farm

Graze anatomy

Review: Brassic FM, at Gate Theatre

Review: In Other Words, at Arcola Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Proms; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Peter Grimes; Threepenny Opera; Islington Proms

Withnailed it!

First among equals

Out of time at the India Club

Review: Man on the Run

Grooves: Camden Music Festival; The Trouble; Half Moon Run; Tomorrow Comes The Harvest; TalibKweli; Quireboys; SDM

Review: Kate at Soho Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Beautiful Thingl; Casting Off; God of Carnage; Old Red Lion; Milma’s Tale; Duel at CPT; Belarus Free Theatre; Etcetera

Michael White’s music news: Uchida at Wigmore Hall; LSO and Barbara Hannigan; Das Rheingold at ROH; Highgate Salon; Carolyn Sampson

Review: Agatha Christie At Home