Lyn Gardner

On January 7th 1918 the great magician Harry Houdini made a real live elephant disappear from the stage of the New York Hippodrome.

Has anyone written their King Lear during lockdown just as Shakespeare wrote his during a plague year? Maybe, maybe not. It often takes time for playwrights to respond creatively to world events. They are artists, not journalists.

"Dear Lyn, Do you think Game of Thrones on stage is a good idea?" Frankie, Vauxhall

What's caught the attention of our resident critic this week?

What will the public mood be like as we exit the pandemic?