Sounds and Sorcery: Celebrating Disney Fantasia review – cocktails and an aerialist crocodile
This immersive concert music experience brings Disney’s 1940 animated film classic back to life in six installations, some more effective than others
Hansel & Gretel review – Armitage’s dystopian horror, with puppets
In this striking modern update, set to words by Simon Armitage and music by Matthew Kaner, the children are refugees and the fairytale is a nightmare
The Turn of the Screw review – Britten’s opera chills the spine as darkness falls
This superb production creeps into every corner of the outdoor space, as the battle for children’s souls intensifies
The week in classical: Berlin to Broadway; Le nozze di Figaro; BBC Symphony Orchestra – review
Opera North singers take a nimble turn through Kurt Weill’s songbook. Plus, a notable debut at Nevill Holt and Mariam Batsashvili at Maida Vale
RuPaul’s Drag Race live review – a high-kicking carnival of charisma
Beyoncé, Tina Turner and The Exorcist are all paid glorious homage to as the TV talent show’s Werq the World Tour hits Britain
Kiss Me Kate review – the pinnacle of song-and-dance Shakespeare
Opera North present a deft revival of the 1949 Cole Porter show mixing The Taming of the Shrew with showbiz shenanigans
Lessons in Love and Violence review – soaring tale of a brutal royal downfall
George Benjamin’s modern-day retelling of Edward II’s demise is a bleak, lustrous opera that places a gay love story it its centre
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino review – pizzica masters stomp into rapture
Hailing from Puglia and smoothly updating the region’s folk traditions, the seven-piece band expertly blended trance-inducing dance with exhilarating rhythms
Son Volt review – rock pioneers explore new sound in first Australian tour
The Factory, SydneyJay Farrar made his name in the alt-country heyday with Uncle Tupelo, but shows he has a brand of rock all his own
Springsteen on Broadway review – joy and glory as the Boss unveils his flaws
Walter Kerr theatre, New YorkThe rock superstar kicks off a four-month residency with two spellbinding hours of stories, reimagined hits and a dissection of his own legend
Aida review – fine singing, shame about the hats
Phelim McDermott’s production has plenty to recommend it musically, but it’s hard to decipher the visual vocabulary
The Band review – Take That musical is perfect alignment of pop and poignancy
Avoiding crowbarred hits in favour of an affecting story of intergenerational pop fandom, this clever jukebox musical is full of fun and intimate detail
The Magnetic Fields review – a double dose of life as Stephin Merritt
Splitting his 50 Song Memoir over two nights scrutinises all the ripe detail, heartbreak and humour of the songwriter’s journey from boy to hipster man
Oklahoma! review – all-dancing all-singing cowboys, a preposterous peddler and a convincing baddie
The John Wilson Orchestra on their annual Proms visit did not disappoint with an impeccable performance of every last quaver of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
The Second Violinist review – Enda Walsh’s fairytale opera is dark but dazzles
Enda Walsh and composer Donnacha Dennehy’s exhilarating blend of opera, theatre and film is a study in heartbreak with a hint of Bluebeard’s Castle