Every Friday our editors bring you their personal highlights of the week ahead. Naima Khan selects her top three plays
From 8th December
The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley @ BAC
Chris Goode brings his illustrated one man show to Battersea. A boy called Shirley meets a creation inspired by medieval anatomy books, a man who calls himself a “freelance social interventionist". Mad but delightfully so.
From 9th December
Beowulf The Panto! @ Rosemary Branch Theatre
Charles Court Opera presents Ancient Anglo-Saxon literature at it's best. Beowulf, Grendel, Wiglaf and King Hrothgar have apparently been begging to be put into a pantomime, so of course the Rosemary are happy to stage this scholarly silliness.
From 7th December
The Canterbury Tales @ Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse is fittingly transformed into a tavern for immersive storytelling à la Chaucer in this warm, poetic Christmas retelling.
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Review: The Company You Keep
Robert Redford, an iconic face of Western cinema whose influence for decades has weighe...