Basic Instincts
An exhibition encouraging empathy and understanding,
Nell Gwynn at the Bridewell Theatre
A comic, bawdy and heartfelt revival.
Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures
A small but momentous exhibition.
Tristram Shandy: Live in London!
The unadaptable novel is adapted (successfully) once again.
Bach Players – The Food of Love: Music for Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems
An enlightening performance of music by Purcell, Weldon and Locke, originally intended to accompany Restoration productions of Shakespeare.
In Search of Arcadia (BBC 4)
A beautiful survey of west London's 'Arcadian' heritage.
Sometimes the Monster is a Man: A Review of Victor Frankenstein (2015)
A muddled adaptation of Shelley's novel.
Peter the Great: A Tsar in France, 1717
A significant exhibition that could have done more with the treasures it assembled.
National Army Museum
The newly refurbished National Army Museum tells its stories from the soldier's point of view.
Fickle Fortunes: Jane Austen and Germaine de Staël
An ambitious exhibition raising more questions than it answers.