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Revealed: James Bond is back — but not as you know him. I talk to ⁦M.W. Craven⁩ about his announced-today new series of Bond books for children, and to ⁦Vaseem Khan⁩ about his Q novels and Raymond Benson about his new Felix Leiter novel thetimes.com/article/850a6b…

Great musicals often end in great sadness — this five-star Fiddler shows why (my Sunday Times theatre column) thetimes.com/article/9d54ed…

I laughed a lot at ⁦Rob Beckett’s new touring show, Giraffe. He’s a naturally funny man but there’s so much canny craftsmanship in the way he tells his stories and interacts with his crowd ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thetimes.com/article/e80e4f…

Just for One Day review — slightly more sold on the Live Aid musical 2nd time around, and seeing the real Bob Geldof come on and do a speech at the end on gala night (bigs up the show, does down Trump) showed how he achieved the impossible 40 years ago thetimes.com/article/69b455…

Evita on the Palladium balcony — and theatre’s eight greatest wow moments thetimes.com/article/5864f9…

interesting piece about a lovely film

Kieran Hodgson: Voice of America review — is there a more reliably captivating comic around? Every couple of years he comes up with a hugely entertaining mix of the smart and the silly, the satirical and the personal, and here’s another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ example thetimes.com/article/13c9f5…

Stereophonic: two of the best hours of the theatre I’ve seen all year (plus another hour to get us there!) thetimes.com/article/79e216…

This is a lot of fun… the psychology, and indeed extended recreations of the baseline play, of Jimmy Connors. Adam Riches’ Edinburgh hit is an energetic delight (and just under an hour!) parktheatre.co.uk/events/jimmy/

This mythical musical is an ungodly mess. How did so many talented people get here? thetimes.com/article/8ea532…

Some great acting (and lighting!) in Rebecca Frecknall’s revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida, Ruth Wilson and Michael Shannon are world class, but holy moly it’s a slog of a play

The Constant Wife review — Rose Leslie stars, Kate Burton excels, I have a lot less fun than I thought I would at Laura Wade’s RSC rejig of Somerset Maugham’s 1920s feminist comedy thetimes.com/article/ea6f51…

Evita is a five-star sensation — my Sunday Times review thetimes.com/article/5d7da8…

Bertie Carvel on playing Leontes in the RSC’s new The Winter’s Tale, and a little TV job he’s got lined up— ‘I’m coming to my Harry Potter role with an open mind’ thetimes.com/article/ee23d5…

Jesus Christ Superstar review — sing Hosanna for an intimate biblical epic (only my second favourite Lloyd Webber/Rice revival of the week… but a good one all the same!) thetimes.com/article/f18f3f…

Grace Pervades review — Ralph Fiennes is magnetic, David Hare’s play about Henry Irving and Ellen Terry and her theatrical children isn’t tidy, but nor is it dull thetimes.com/article/d46842…

“I can’t afford Edinburgh Fringe accommodation — so I’m sleeping in a tent.” Fringe comics on the steps they are taking to afford to be funny this August thetimes.com/article/33faca…

only 2 years late on this but Beserker by Adrian Edmondson is a simply wonderful memoir: acute and amusing on family, acting, music, the scars of school and the craft of comedy

Tim Minchin review — comedy or pop? Either way I loved it thetimes.com/article/aad68c…