Gate theatre, Dublin Directed by Róisín McBrinn, this 2009 play is an absorbing study of group dynamics, deepened by intricate dialogue and superb actingSix weeks is a long time in theatre, as a group of strangers discover when they come together for a drama class in Annie Baker’s ensemble play from 2009. This American playwright has since been acclaimed...

Chichester Festival theatre The performances are strong, but can’t rescue a convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel about foundlings and orphans sold to criminals for a shilling This adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel about 18th-century foundlings plays out under an aspic glow. But beneath the handsome, period-drama...

The perfect post-sundown shot has long proved elusive. But a new book called Night Fever is celebrating the trailblazers who caught not just what the small hours look like – but how they feelIn 2008, the celebrated photographer Dayanita Singh discovered that using daylight colour film stock at night yielded strange results. When she shot at dusk, the...

Chichester Festival theatre The performances are strong and the music is beautiful, but they cannot rescue this convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel This adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel about 18th-century foundlings plays out under an aspic glow. But beneath the handsome, period-drama optics...

Showrunner will let users generate episodes with prompts, which could be an alarming next step or a fleeting noveltyOne of the key strategies of streaming services is to keep you in front of a screen for as long as possible. As soon as one episode of a show you’re watching ends, the next one pops up automatically. But this approach has its limits. After...

Barbican, London The UK premiere of the composer’s concerto written for Anne-Sophie Mutter was placed alongside two of Stravinsky’s ballet scores in this musically rich and vivid concertThe list of composers who have written concertos for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is a long and varied one, from André Previn and John Williams to Wolfgang Rihm and...