WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 7/9
Actress Gillian Anderson wishes she was Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, the character she plays in acclaimed thriller The Fall, which returns to BBC2 for its third series soon.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Theatre Royal Haymarket
WHEN: 24/9, runs to 3/12
Those arriving into the auditorium early would do well to be advised that the cast is let loose on the audience about 10 minutes before curtain up.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Arcola Theatre
WHEN: 24/9, runs to 15/10
Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea, which ran this summer in an acclaimed version at the National starring Helen McCrory, is thought to be based on the author’s relationship with the actor Kenny Morgan.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
Given that 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary earned its star one of her three Oscar nominations and both it and its sequel made over $250 million each, it seems odd that we’ve had to wait quite so long for this, the third film.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Wyndhams Theatre
WHEN: 21/9, runs to 17/12
Never has there been a play in the history of theatre where we’ve disagreed so intently with our companion for the evening about their interpretation of it.
WHERE: Cecil Sharp House, Camden
WHEN: 20/9
‘I’ve been pilloried for the last two weeks for my girth and lack of dance expertise,’ says former Labour shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, referring to his Strictly Come Dancing appearance.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 18/9
We’ve just watched 1976 Bowie film The Man Who Fell To Earth when Michael C. Hall, the star of his new musical Lazarus, appears on the BFI stage for a Q&A.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: Barbican
WHEN: 19/9, runs to 1/10
We caught Jamie Lloyd’s West End take on Christopher Marlowe’s classic starring Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harrington less than five months ago.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 17/9, runs to 19/9
64 days ago we went to the final rehearsal of this Tim Minchin musical and were invited by director Matthew Warchus to pay for tickets if we enjoyed that free show.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE: Barbican
WHEN: 16/9, runs to 1/10
When prostitute Dol Common (the excellent Siobhan McSweeney) is winched so she is left hanging from the ceiling (picture above) it doesn’t feel out of place in this re-imagining of a comedy by one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries.
