Review: Uncle Vanya, at Hampstead Theatre

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Christmas Carols; Jingle Bell Brass; Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur; Helen Keating; Professor Longhair

Review: Dialektikon, at Park Theatre 90

Schumann being: madness, music and marriage

Battery’s not included

The Steptoes wish you a scrappy Christmas

Victory for pub named after Nelson’s Emma

Jazz fusion as venues team up for gigs

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: x Switch; Rogue Symphony; The Telling; Ginger Wildheart

Review: The Magic Numbers, at Islington Assembly Hall

Mapping Robeson

Review: Head-Rot Holiday, at The Hope Theatre

Trigger-happy Redford is as charming as ever

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson; Kate Bush; Luke Sital-Singh

You’ll be in seventh heaven at The Ninth

Union Chapel’s alternative Christmas shows

Scala cinema, the ‘grungy fairy palace’ of King’s Cross

Look out for an LSO odyssey of opera, jazz and folk

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: North London Chorus; Ensemble Insieme; London Vocal Project; Carole Cerasi; Sing for Freedom Choir

Bravo for Kosky’s full-on Bizet