Last December, Twelfth Night, starring Sam West, premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace and home to the Royal Shakespeare Company. We had the privilege of seeing this production on New Year's Day. Now it transfers to the Barbican Centre in London for the Christmas season.

Last month we were able to visit the Dorfman Theatre for the first time, one of the National Theatre venues on London's Southbank, following its recent reopening after a temporary closure for maintenance. We were going to see David Lan's new play, The Land of the Living,  starring Juliet Stevenson and Tom Wlaschiha, whom we remember as the Many-Faced God from Game of Thrones.

Mr Fox from Jewellery Quarter decided to join us on our walks through Birmingham city centre during GutBer Travels.

In Small Hotel, Fiennes plays a once-famous television presenter whose career is on the decline. He reconnects with a now-famous Hollywood actress who was his girlfriend when she was starting out. Influenced by his mother and twin brother, Larry tries to get his life back on track at a crucial moment.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that on September 24, 1995, the BBC began broadcasting a six-part miniseries based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. And since then, in the minds of many, Mr Darcy has a specific identity and wears a damp white shirt when he emerges from the lake.

Based on Michael Holroyd's biography of this talented family, A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving and Their Remarkable Families, David Hare presented his latest play, Grace Pervades, at the Theatre Royal Bath from June 27 to July 19, 2025, before moving on to London's West End in 2026.