Taste of Brecht: Fiona Shaw is Mother Courage
5 April 2012
THE FIRST NIGHTS
Enron
Royal Court, SW1
Tuesday

Mother Courage and Her Children
National Theatre, SE1
Friday

The Fiona Shaw-Deborah Warner show opens a week late. Brecht might not have minded the idea of a work in progress but the rest of us prefer some polish. Will it be worth the wait?

An Inspector Calls
Novello
Friday

First seen in 1992 and since by some two million punters, Stephen Daldry's ridiculously successful, highly entertaining production returns to the West End.

THE GIG
Elton John
Albert Hall, SW7
Tuesday

He may have left his heart in
Ukraine but the godfather of pop
will be giving his all to London in
a charity gig in aid of the Royal Academy of Music.

THE EXHIBITION
Anish Kapoor
Royal Academy, W1
Saturday

Blood on the walls is promised as, among the monumental smooth and shiny sculptures, will be a cannon firing molten red wax into one corner of the gallery.

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