Pig Heart Boy review – lively staging of Malorie Blackman’s stimulating novel
Winsome Pinnock adapts the story of a teenager whose heart transplant causes controversy but the comedy drowns out the issues
Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman
Producers say it is ‘impossible to continue’ with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April
Jules Feiffer, award-winning political cartoonist and writer, dies at 95
The provocative Pulitzer prize-winner was known for his edgy comic strip and his screenplay for Carnal Knowledge
In brief: Slow Train Coming; How to Sleep at Night; A Sign of Her Own – review
Behind the scenes on Dylan musical Girl from the North Country; a sharp tale of political and family strife; and a fine novel about sensory deprivation
On my radar: Naomi Alderman’s cultural highlights
The author of the bestselling The Power on her favourite video game, the courses she takes with the Open University, and why she is addicted to George Saunders’s substack
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The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale review – a rollicking but uneven highlight reel
Hard-working and joyful ensemble cast makes the daffy and daggy edges of this abridged Tolkien retelling easier to bear
Death and the King’s Horseman: the return of Wole Soyinka’s enduring mystery
The Nigerian Nobel laureate’s story of a royal servant condemned to kill himself after his master’s death has lost none of its enigmatic appeal
The Little Mermaid review – musical fable is a valentine to the oceans
In Sonali Bhattacharyya’s tale, Liana Cottrill’s striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas
‘The ungraspable phantom of life’: why puppetry is perfect for plumbing the deep mysteries of Moby-Dick
Yngvild Aspeli, whose staging of the Melville novel forms the centrepiece of this year’s MimeLondon festival, explains the eerie magic of her craft
On my radar: Reece Clarke’s cultural highlights
The Royal Ballet principal dancer on a mesmerising Wimbledon final, the fragrance that gets him into character, and a 91-year-old dancing legend
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 review – terrific riff on Tolstoy
The singing blows the roof off in this magnificently fun production of Dave Malloy’s musical, based on a section of War and Peace
Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel is a sharp account of British theatre – and even pastiches my criticism
Our Evenings follows an actor through 60 years of treading the boards and holds up a mirror to how society has shapeshifted
‘I cut my knees open’: Romola Garai on the agonies unleashed by hit play The Years
Good sex, bad sex, the horror of aerobics and the tyranny of camcorders … the actor writes about starring in Nobel-winner Annie Ernaux’s memoir, our play of the year
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley review – sleepy trolls get into the festive spirit
Tove Jansson’s beloved creations have their hibernation interrupted by snowball juggling and jolly ukulele tunes in this sweet adaptation