Three Kings, Old Vic: In Camera review - Andrew Scott vividly evokes generational pain

★★★★ THREE KINGS, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA Andrew Scott evokes generational pain

This new livestreamed monologue explores family and the burden of inheritance

The world premiere of Stephen Beresford’s new hourlong play, livestreamed to home audiences in four performances as part of the Old Vic’s In Camera series, was postponed a couple of times due to Andrew Scott undergoing minor surgery. Thankfully, the actor has fully recovered, and his performance of this affecting piece was certainly worth the wait.

Young Ahmed review - jihadist drama misses the mark

★★★ YOUNG AHMED  Jihadist drama misses the mark

Cannes Best Director-winner has its moments, but focuses on the wrong parts

Belgian filmmaking duo the Dardenne Brothers have long been darlings of Cannes Film Festival, winning awards for hardhitting dramas like La Promesse, Le Silence de Lorna and The Kid with the Bike. Their latest offering Young Ahmed is no different, a domestic terrorist tale which won them Best Director at 2019’s festival.

Songs for a New World, The Other Palace Digital review - chimes with our extraordinary 'moment'

★★★★ SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, THE OTHER PALACE DIGITAL Abstract musical offers resonant tales of the unexpected

Jason Robert Brown's abstract musical offers resonant tales of the unexpected

We’ve already had The Last Five Years in lockdown; now, we get a digital production of American composer Jason Robert Brown’s earliest work. A series of wistful pop/jazz numbers loosely linked thematically, rather than narratively, this 1995 abstract musical features various characters responding to a moment that upends their lives.

Krabi, 2562 review - a trance-like visitation

★★★★ KRABI, 2562 Documentary and fiction combine in an unusual guided tour

Documentary and fiction combine in an unusual guided tour

Have you ever visited a destination you saw on film, only to realise it’s not quite how you imagined? Filled with tourists, the scars of mass visitation, and caught between its own culture and staying commercially attractive. The Thai city of Krabi is one such location, made famous by such films as The Beach and The Man with a Golden Gun. New release Krabi, 2562, from festival favourite directors Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers, tackles these issues.

Album: The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

★★★★★ THE SOFT PINK TRUTH - SHALL WE GO ON SINNING SO THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE? Drew Daniel ditching mischief and challenging hard times with gentleness

Drew Daniel ditching the mischief and challenging hard times with gentleness

Drew Daniel is never short of concepts, invention or mischief. As one half of Matmos, with his life partner M.C. Schmidt, he has made some 10 official albums and many more collaborative ones – all pushing the boundaries of electronic bricolage and sound processing in the pursuit of extremely complex ideas about American history, plastic surgery, philosophy, queer identity and all that kind of stuff.

Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre online review - modern history becomes dark farce

★★★★ DRAWING THE LINE, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Howard Brenton's play offers a lucid account of the Partition of India

Howard Brenton's play offers a lucid account of the Partition of India

This week’s gem from the Hampstead’s vaults is Howard Brenton’s political drama from 2013, telling the extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story of Cyril Radcliffe and his 1947 mission: to arrange the Partition of India in just five weeks.

Classical Music/Opera direct to home 6 - Parsifals for Easter

PARSIFALS FOR EASTER Enlightenment through compassion in three Wagner productions

Enlightenment through compassion takes a strange route in three Wagner productions

Wagner's final drama, of learning, suffering and redemption through compassion, is second only to Bach's Passions at this time of year, and seems likely to strike a special note in the present crisis. Opera companies around the world, making much in their archives free to view right now, have served up the natural seasonal choice, and they have: there are at least nine choices right now, and they come from the expected centres of excellence including Berlin, Vienna, Munich, New York.

Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home review - a fiery feminist adaptation

★★★★ JANE EYRE, NATIONAL THEATRE A fiery feminist adaptation

Sally Cookson's take on Brontë is innately theatrical and ferociously resonant

The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations.

Album: Shabaka & the Ancestors - We are Sent Here by History

★★★★★ SHAMBAKA & THE ANCESTORS - WE ARE SENT HERE BY HISTORY Struggle and aspiration from the Londoner's South African ensemble

Spiritual and political struggle and aspiration from the Londoner's South African ensemble

Londoner Shabaka Hutchings's other main groups, The Comet Is Coming and Sons Of Kemet, are pretty modernist. They incorporate dub, post-rock, post punk and rhythm patterns that recall London pirate radio sounds into the playing of his ensembles, with thrillingly adrenalised and / or cosmic results.