It’s the odds couple in Lean on Pete

Park’s a summer gigs oasis

Dazzling experience on a bargain menu

Circus performers’ lives turned upside down

LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel partnership set to electrify Barbican

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Baroquestock; European and World Music Festival; Russian opera at Rosslyn Hill Chapel; Jazz at the Map Cafe

Review: The Writer, at Almeida Theatre

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Dig It Sound System; Justin Robertson; Barenaked Ladies

Save the Tricycle! Backlash over new name for theatre

The home truths of public housing

Peake performance in Funny Cow

Director Newell channels Four Weddings in old-fashioned romance

Take a look at Hook, much more than just chips

Kentish Town’s ‘father of art photography’

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Record Store Day; Libertines quiz; Heather Small

The Royal Opera House brilliant revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a deliciously murderous affair

Savour Baroquestock – a 10-day ‘feastival’ at Heath Street Baptist Church

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Pianist Yeol Eum Son; modern classical meets psychedelia; folk partnership; jazz drummer Clark Tracey

Festival puts music films in the spotlight

Review: All or Nothing – The Mod Musical, at Ambassador Theatre