Review: White Fang, at Park Theatre

Pick of the end-of-year parties

The universal appeal of Verdi’s Rigoletto is celebrated in a Royal Opera House revival of David McVicar’s classic staging

Unwrap music: Xmas gifts and gigs guide

On the box of delights

Dickens, and how the spectre of poverty still haunts us

Review: Wilde Creatures, at Vaudeville Theatre

Review: Top Hat, at Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Julie Tomlin’s theatre news: On Monday Last Week; Woman Before A Glass; Stand Up And Slam

Review: The Twilight Zone, at Almeida Theatre

Review: Cell Mates, at Hampstead Theatre

Season’s greeting from Raymond Gubbay

Bernstein at the Barbican: Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO to mark the American composer’s centenary

Classical and Jazz news: The Renaissance Singers; Wilde Roses; Massive Violins

Assembly gets the new year off to a flyer

Dan Carrier’s movies news: Bingo: The King of the Morning

Mountain leaves you feeling peaky

Michael Rosen, the pisher king