Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Camden Chamber Choir at St Mary-the-Virgin; violin and piano recital at St George’s Bloomsbury; fundraiser at Dyne House; Opera Cabaret; jazz choir Take Twenty at St John’s; Elixir Festival

Review: Annie, at Piccadilly Theatre

Destination Unknown is a requiem for lives lost in death camps

British Summer Time festival: Line-up includes Green Day, Phil Collins + Blondie

Animal crackers? You’ll love Zoo Nights

Why George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four has been relevant since the day it was written

Secret asylum seekers provide art at Ben Uri Gallery

Austin Mitchell on John Mills: Listen to the expert on export

Ross Raisin tackles football’s taboo

Red carpet night in Hampstead: Brendan Gleeson reveals he tried to meet ‘Harry The Hermit’

Review: Judy!, at Arts Theatre

Stroud Green Festival promises a lively mix of musical styles as well as ‘family friendly’ concerts

Rachel tension!

Empire lines

Apulia Café: The heel of Italy dips its toes into Camden

Tenor saxophonist Brandon Allen’s reflections on Soho

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: The Threepenny Opera; reedswoman Lizzie Gutteridge; summer concert at St Pancras Church; Howard Goodall’s In Memoriam Anne Frank

Camden rocks around the clock

Hay days