Hot tickets
From musicals and movies to pop concerts and ballet, we look ahead to the forthcoming must-see happenings
CINDERELLA
Musical mastermind Andrew Lloyd Webber is bringing some magic back to the West End stage with his reinvention of this much-loved fairy tale. With the brilliant Carrie Hope Fletcher in the title role, a new score by Lloyd Webber and a script from Killing Eve’s Emerald Fennell, it’s set to be sensational. From April 2021. andrewlloydwebbers cinderella.com
THE KING’S MAN
This prequel to the hugely successful Kingsman films is slated for a cinema release, so you’ll be able to catch this on the big screen. A collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminals have come together to plot a world-destroying war – and one man has a race against time to stop them. Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton and Aaron Taylor-johnson star. In cinemas from 16 September 2020
LIONEL RICHIE LIVE TOUR
Want to say ‘Hello’ to Lionel Richie when he’s back in the UK next year? The man behind some of the smoothest vocals of the past four decades is heading out on tour on these rescheduled dates for 2021. Richie is taking all his classic hits and anthemic songs to venues from Cornwall to Edinburgh over 12 nights, including two dates at Hampton Court Palace Festival. 3 June to 11 August 2021; lionelrichie.com
CREATURE
The English National Ballet is returning to the stage in London and Bristol with Creature, a stunning collaboration with dance visionary Akram Khan. In a former Arctic research station, the Creature is undergoing testing by the military to benefit mankind. It’s a tale of exploitation and isolation, drawing inspiration from Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. 11-21 November 2020; ballet.org.uk/creature