A Sultry Month changed how I viewed history. It is well that it has been reissued
Faber has blown the dust off Alethea Hayter’s groundbreaking biography of London’s 19th-century literati – not before time
My Policeman review – poignant tale of a love triangle inspired by EM Forster’s own
Michael Grandage’s adaptation of a novel inspired by Forster’s famous ménage à trois conjours a mood of British postwar repression and guilt
The Moors review – deliciously dark Brontë pastiche
The characters might be the Brontës themselves or they might be from novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, mashed-up with wandering strays from a zombie movie
Jekyll and Hyde review – Stevenson’s shocker rewired as a riveting solo
Playwright Gary McNair turns the gothic novel into a brilliantly bewitching show performed by Audrey Brisson
Trainspotting Live review – ferocious drama plunges you into world of Irvine Welsh
An exhilarating production shifts Renton, Sick Boy and pals into the acid house era – and is even more visceral than the book
The Mousetrap review – the world’s longest-running play gets new life in Australia
Robyn Nevin’s take on the Agatha Christie production – which turns 70 this year – is as tight, springy and comforting as it should be
Jekyll and Hyde review – #MeToo transformation explores monstrous masculinity
Neil Bartlett’s version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic has female leads laying bare the rot at the heart of a beastly boys’ club
‘Don’t worry, just watch’: how do you tell a story through dance?
Even the best-known ballets can baffle newcomers so what can choreographers do to avoid audiences getting lost? From Matthew Bourne’s fairytales to staging Margaret Atwood and Peaky Blinders, we find out
Don Quixote: Man of Clackmannanshire review – the knight-errant mounts a mobility scooter
Dundee RepThis modern-day take on Cervantes’ classic novel follows the ageing Donald who has had enough of daytime television, tea and biscuits
Biyi Bandele obituary
Novelist, playwright and film-maker whose directorial debut was Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the 2006 novel
On my radar: Phelim McDermott’s cultural highlights
The actor and theatre director on a thrilling cabaret show, Alan Garner’s potent new novel and being a secret believer in fairies
‘When is it OK to start blowing things up?’ Mark Rylance on families, Hilary Mantel and climate disaster
The actor discusses his new drama at the London film festival, being starstruck by Meryl Streep – and the best way to take environmental action
The Book Thief review – assured and courageous musical adaptation of global bestseller
The paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult
Joyce’s Women review – Edna O’Brien’s powerful play is a fascinating portrait of a fellow writer
O’Brien’s empathy for Joyce shines through in this lavish production, as she brings him to life, seen through the eyes of his mother, wife, daughter and lover
Love All review – Dorothy L Sayers’ battle-of-the-sexes comedy lacks bite
A bestselling romance writer leaves his wife for a glamorous new partner in this 1940 play whose gender politics feel toothless now