stage & screen

Beck Theatre

Grange Road, Hayes, UB8 2UE. Box office: 020 8561 8371. www.becktheatre.org.uk

Wednesday November 2

■ The Greatest Love Of All: This breathtaking production, featuring the impeccable vocal talents of South Africa’s Belinda Davids, is a beautifully crafted tribute to one of the world’s most revered singers. Accompanied by a full band and dancers, Davids performs over two hours of Whitney Houston’s best-loved pop hits. £29 or £31, 7.30pm.

Thursday November 3

■ I’m Still Standing – The Elton John

Songbook: Paul Bacon, with the Rocket Band, delivers a truly wonderful celebration of the music of the one and only Elton John – from ballads though to up tempo dance floor classics. £22.50, 7.30pm.

Compass Theatre

Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, UB10 8PD. Box office: 01895 673 200 www.compasstheatre.co.uk

Saturday November 5

■ DK ProduKtions and London Borough of Hillingdon presents Compass Kidz

– November 2016: For children aged four to seven year olds to learn about performance, team work and confident communication through fun drama and music activities. Compass Kidz is run by DKproDuKtions and Sessions run on Saturday mornings at Compass Theatre during school terms from 10.30am to 11.30am. Participants attend by booking a full term place in advance. Compass Kidz: November 2016 Term Place £24 (four sessions; November 5, 12, 19, 26 ) £24, 10.30am.

Theatre Royal Windsor

Thames Street, Windsor, SL4 1PS. Box Office: 01753 853 888 www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk

now until November 5

■ Rumpy Pumpy! – A Musical: Starring Linda Nolan and Louise Jameson.

When two brave ladies from the Hampshire Women’s Institute, Jean Johnson and Shirley Landels, decide to campaign to improve conditions for working girls everywhere, warm-hearted brothel Madame, Holly Spencer, decides to contact them. Holly has the ‘perfect brothel’ these ladies could be looking for. £15 to £31, Tues to Sat 8pm, Thu 2.30pm, Fri 4.45pm, Sat 4.45pm.

Sunday November 6

■ The Bob Dylan Story: The new stunning and definitive tribute to a songwriting genius who spoke for a whole generation. Enhanced by a top backing band, the show lovingly and authentically recreates the many songs that made Dylan the living legend he is today, the way we all remember hearing them. £16 to £38, 7.30pm.

November 8 to 12

■ Snow White: Join Vienna Festival Ballet on a magical journey with their unmissable production of Snow White. Based on the traditional Grimm brothers’ story, this ballet incorporates all the important elements – a beautiful girl, an enchanted mirror, a poisoned apple. Hip-hopping dwarves help Snow White find her Prince Charming.

Creative Workshop on 9 November

■ Vienna Festival Ballet: There will be an additional creative workshop for children aged five years and over. This fun workshop with scenes from Snow White gives children the opportunity to experience and learn more about the magic of ballet and its hidden secrets.Tue 8th Nov - Sat 12th Nov £13 to £31, Tue to Sat 7.30pm, Wed, Thu and Sat 2.30pm.

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Square, King St, London W6 0QL. Box office: 020 8741 6850 www.lyric.co.uk

now until November 5

■ Shopping and F’ing: Twenty years since its explosive premiere, Olivier Award-winning director Sean Holmes brings Mark Ravenhill’s provocative first play, Shopping and F***ing back to the stage.

With a raw mixture of black humour and bleak philosophy, the play follows three disconnected young adults whose lives have been reduced to a series of transactions in an emotionally shrink wrapped world. A place where Shopping is sexy and F***ing is a job. £15 to £35, Wed to Sat 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm, Wed 1.30pm.

Saturday November 5

■ Underneath A Magical Moon: A reimagining of Peter Pan as told by Wendy Darling. Written by Mike Kenny. Through her open window Wendy Darling gazes out at the night sky dreaming of blue lagoons, magical moons and the stories that she can tell. But tonight, like no other, has magic in the air...Suitable for ages 3 to 7. £8, 11am and 2pm.

Questors Theatre

12 Mattock Lane, London, Ealing, W5 Box office: 020 8567 5184 www.questors.org.uk

now until November 5

■ The Questors present The Exonerated: By Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, powerful verbatim theatre set on death row. This production tells the stories of six prisoners who spent years on death row in the United States, living in fear of the electric chair, before each was shown to be the victim of a miscarriage of justice. £7 to £18 7.45pm or Sun 2.30pm.

November 4 to 12

■ The Questors present Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare: Drama of justice, destructive sexual passion and government.

This powerful, ambiguous drama raises challenging questions about the power of the state over the individual, as Isabella wrestles with the choice between saving her own immortal soul or her brother’s life.

Shakespeare’s queasy, unsettling and bawdy parable is set in the present-day – where challenges of state hypocrisy and government of ourselves by ourselves still demand answers from us. £7 to £18, 7.45pm and Thu 2pm or Sun 2.30pm.

November 5 to December 3

■ Five-week introduction to musical

theatre: Do you love musicals? Do you fancy having a go at singing songs from your favourite shows and learning a bit about musical theatre? If yes, then this should be just up your street

Sessions will run every Saturday for five weeks, from 5 November with a showcase on the last Saturday. There will be no audition, just come along and have fun.

The course will be led by Rachel Moorhead and Carole Smith, who recently worked together on The Questors’ successful production of Stephen’s Sondheim’s A Little Light Music.

They will be leading you through what will surely be a course to uplift the spirit. Non-members £60, Members £45, 8pm to 10pm.