Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Kings Head; Triskaidekaphobia; Gangsta Baby; Don’t Destroy Me; All Fur Coat

Michael White’s classical news: Simon Rattle; Elektra; Gaspard; Rossetti Ensemble

ICYMI The best books of 2023

Peace de resistance

Tom Hanks Explores the Moon at Lightroom in King’s Cross

Playing fast and louche

Review: Edward Scissorhands, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Gigs to ease us out of the old year and into the new

Review: Cold War at the Almeida Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Siglo de Oro; Avi Avital; Hansel and Gretel; Diva

Review: Ulster American, at Riverside Studios

Review: The House with Chicken Legs, at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Review: Rock ’n’ Roll, at Hampstead Theatre

There’s a Twist

All the right movies

Singing praises of the bubbly Blues Kitchen

Sword fights and seduction in joyful The Three Musketeers: Milady

The Art of jazz

Review: Pandemonium, at Soho Theatre

Review: The Homecoming, at Young Vic Theatre