Seasonal sights and sounds

As autumn descends on London, Miriam Gillinson reviews Fit and Proper People at Soho Theatre, The Playboy of the Western World at Old Vic, The Veil at the National and Phaedra’s Love at the Arcola, while Matt Trueman takes on Mixed Marriage at Finborough Theatre and The Taming of the Shrew at Southwark Playhouse.

In music, Sarah Boyes reviews English Touring Opera’s production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen while Paul Kilbey reflects on the recent Boulez Weekend on the South Bank. Meanwhile, we cover a selection of recent London talks ahead of the Battle of Ideas on the weekend of 29-30 October.

14 October 2011