Franco Milazzo

Based on the 2017 hit film about PT Barnum, Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular is an immersive mishmash of circus, story and song that somehow manages to do a disservice to all three.

Watching this reboot of Immersive 1984 , a thought comes to mind: if, as we're constantly being informed, we're all living in the post-privacy, post-truth

With tickets costing £400 each and a storyline stretching over 24 hours, is Lemon Difficult's The Key Of Dreams the ultimate in immersive theatre?

As much a persona as a musician, the Canadian rapper and classical pianist Chilly Gonzales comes to the Royal Albert Hall on 28 October to promoting his latest album Gonzo with special guest Jarvis Cocker and Peter Serafinowicz as Elvis Presley.

Ever wanted to captain a spaceship on a mission to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilisations and perhaps shoot up some enemy ships along the way? With the aid of a shiny new £3.5m set, Parabolic Theatre’s Bridge Command realises every sci-fi geek’s dream.

Featuring works as diverse as Michael Nyman’s “Strong on Oaks, Strong on the Causes of Oaks” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Overture” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sinfonia Smith Square’s environmentally-minded concert The Orchestral Forest is an enchanting sonic experiment.

James Cameron’s Avatar was this weekend the latest to be screened at the Royal Albert Hall as part of their Films In Concert series.

Jarvis Cocker singing torch version of Tina Turner 's “Private Dancer”? Peter Serafinowicz doing an Elvis Presley impression for half an hour?

There's no shame in pulling an old favourite from the vaults but Jonathan Miller's 1982 gangster-themed production is firing blanks in this latest revival.

With cabaret, sometimes it isn't about the singer, or the song, but the singer singing the song while bouncing a drumstick off a trio of skulls. Perfectly timed for Halloween, Monica Salvi’s Spirits In My Closet is a witch’s brew containing personal stories and the supernatural musings interspersed with songs written by Tori Amos, Randy Newman and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.