Michael White’s classical news: Royal Festival Hall; English Music Festival; Perth Festival

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Public Domain; Draw from Within; The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars; The Language of Kindness

‘Wake up to this mystery illness’

Liddell mix: from Wonderland to world domination

Meet the three women helping their theatre to survive Covid with LOVE

Comedy club laughs start at a minute past midnight

Gritty city

Grooves: White Lies; Madness; Glastonbury; Little Trumpet

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Donatella Flick Conducting Competition; Menuhin Violin Competition; Yuja Wang

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: No Strings Attached; Exit the King; Hamlet; Two Horsemen; Forever Plaid

Aide-mémoire: how shoes helped author step back in time

Unlocking canals’ secret history

Conflict, drama and dilemmas in The Human Factor

Undergods – a haunting premonition of a broken world

Michael White’s music news: Wigmore Hall; Royal Opera; City Music Foundation concerts; NW Live Arts

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: The Little Prince; English National Ballet; Soho Theatre; Fringe Futures Festival

Another time, another plague

Q&A: Beans meanz lockdown

Madness madness