Ustinov, Bath As a woman who has left her husband for a dissolute younger man in postwar London, Greig’s quiet despair compelsThe torch song Stormy Weather sobs between scenes in this revival of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 drama. Desire has shaken the heroine’s world like a tempest: keeps raining all the time. We’re in pre-gentrified west London, where...

Minerva theatre, Chichester Writhing and retching while sandwiched between spectators, revellers navigate class, sex and power at Miss Julie’s 18th birthday celebrationThe Minerva’s last production of Miss Julie, in 2014, was a version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Strindberg’s study of sex, class and power has since become more commonly adapted by female...

A far-sighted scientist is living with his wife and daughter in what remains of Brooklyn in 2039. Then Milla Jovovich arrives The planet has finally conked out; it went not with a boom or a bang, but choking on a last gasp of polluted air. This frighteningly plausible end-of-the-world scenario is probably the most convincing detail in this solidly acted...

In my novel, I approached the subject with caution. It allowed me to feel pity for the person who made my life hellFriends warned me against watching Baby Reindeer, the hit Netflix series about the comedian Richard Gadd and “Martha”, the character based on his alleged real-life stalker. It was too close to home, they said.The reason for their concern...

Actors as gifted as Jane Asher and Joe Wilkinson can’t do much with jokes about a failing guest house 40 years past their use-by dateA car door opens; the elderly gent in the driver’s seat has popped a pill for erectile dysfunction (brand name Super Stallion). He’s at his son’s guest house to scatter the ashes of his wife – and he’s brought along a...

A surprise final novel from the amazing mind of the late Mo Hayder; a race against time between a father and the FBI; and a knowing riff on the premise of Jurassic ParkMo Hayder is the author of some of the most genuinely terrifying and brilliant thrillers out there: the ending of Hanging Hill lingers in a dark corner of my brain, while her tortured,...