‘We want to preserve the spirit of the studio, and nurture artists’

Pining for the nest in nourishing The Metamorphosis of Birds

Review: The Animal Kingdom, at Hampstead Theatre

Love factually: a collection of heart-to-hearts

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Fridge; I Hate it Here; Tempest; The Key Workers Cycle

Michael White’s classical news: Peter Grimes; The Salvation of Israel by Esther; Gary Hoffman

Grooves: Koko; Rock ‘n Roll book club; Ed Sheeran; Bloom Twins

Vivat Rex! Standing up for comedy’s forgotten heroes

A brush with greatness

Review: Handa’s Surprise, at Little Angel Studios

Painting the town dread

A chip down memory lane…

‘What we’re doing is different – though you need to come to find out how’

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Mamma Mia!; Elizabeth I: Virgin on the Ridiculous; Antigone

Michael White’s classical news: The Golden Cockerel; Cosi fan tutte; Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Poor lore: the shadow hanging over us

Grand slamming

Cyrano story gets a musical makeover

It’s paintings not politics at the council

Vision for Blake centre is quite the draw