The Ventriloquist’s Dummy: a gutsy take on tummy trouble

GROOVES: Koko; GULZ; Absolute; Slowthai

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Pushkin House Festival; Oxford Lieder Festival; Festival of New

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Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Girl on an Altar; Typical; Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Owed to Keats

Frank god: inside story of a musical genius

Murder in mind

Surreal McCoy

Bonding over birds in Murmuration

Citrus fruit: how to light up lockdown

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Carmen; Bachfest; Saint-Saëns; Doubles

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Outside; The Experiment; All On Her Own; Songs For A New World

On Our Doorstep: inside stories of the Calais ‘jungle’

‘It is basically politicising a lack of sex life’

Crash converter: accident sets mum on a new road in Life Class

Proscenium archness

Grooves: Radio Fandango; Denmark Street; Black Heart; Riz Ahmed