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Theatre 42nd Street

A revival of the 1980 screen-to-stage hit, which goes behind the scenes of a fictional Thirties musical to show us the star-struck, Depression-hit youngsters high-kicking like their lives depended on it. Eighties pop sensation Sheena Easton stars, Mark Bramble directs. Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London WC2 (0844 995 5500), booking to July 22

Comedy Russell Brand

“How do we make sense of the madness of our lives once we become parents?” asks Brand, a wild-haired new dad. Perhaps by going on tour, as far from nappychanging duties as possible. Corn Exchange, Cambridge (01223 357851); then touring til Nov 2018

Exhibitions Queer British Art

On the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England, this show explores LGBT art from Sargent to Hockney and beyond. Tate Britain, London SW1 (020 7887 8888), until Oct 1

Theatre The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Thanks to an exemplary recent revival of his 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the late Edward Albee is again the toast of the West End. Now, Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo star in his 2002 tragicomedy about an architect who strays from his marriage… goat-wards. Ian Rickson directs. Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1 (020 7930 8800), until June 24

Books Insomniac City by Bill Hayes

Hayes was the partner of neurologist Oliver Sacks when the latter died in 2015, but this moving account of their late-blossoming love is more than a rose-tinted memoir. It’s a study of New York, and what Hayes discovered on night walks there with his camera. Bloomsbury

Classical Handel’s Messiah

Staging Britain’s best-loved oratorio, with its narrative sweep from the Old Testament to Revelations, is no mean feat. Tom Morris of Bristol Old Vic takes on the task with a fine cast of singers, including alto Catherine WynRogers and bass Brindley Sherratt. Harry Bicket directs the English Concert baroque orchestra. Bristol Old Vic (0117 987 7877), until April 9

Film Raw

When paramedics were called to its Toronto premiere to attend to fainting viewers, this French cannibal shocker’s already fearsome reputation slipped into the realms of urban myth. But the substance of Julia Ducournau’s tale of a trainee vet and her unusual appetites is more than a match for its nerve-shredding style.

Pop Future Islands: The Far Field

The oddball American quartet crashed the internet in 2014 with singer Samuel T Herring’s goofy dad dancing. Their fourth album, Singles, was a charming blend of gruff soul and synth pop delivered with manic intensity. The spotlight is on them for this follow up. 4AD

Opera Carousel

A semi-staged production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s warm-hearted and richly melodic musical directed by Broadway veteran Lonny Price. The cast is led by Alfie Boe as the hopeless Billy Bigelow and Katherine Jenkins as Julie Jordan, the woman who falls fatally in love with him. London Coliseum, WC2 (020 7845 9300), until May 13

Classical Yuja Wang

Famed for her high heels as much as for her playing, Chinese pianist Wang is a fascinating mix of flamboyance and subtlety. This concert will show off both sides: Chopin’s dazzling Preludes op 28 are set alongside two of Schubert’s profound late piano pieces. Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 (020 7960 4200)

Pop Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars can switch between rock, pop and r & b with ease. For his latest album, 24K Magic, he plunders old soul and funk. His chameleon habits leave him with an identity vacuum, but helming perhaps the best-drilled band in contemporary pop, his live shows are undeniably super slick. Glasgow SEE Hydro (ticketmaster. com), then touring until May 6

Television Guerrilla

Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay and Rory Kinnear head an all-star cast in this new drama, set in Seventies London and written by John Ridley ( 12 Years a Slave). It follows a fictional group of activists and the racist police force set on crushing them. Sky Atlantic

From ‘Angels in America’ to Minions in the cinema – our critics mark your cultural calendar for the months ahead

Exhibitions Becoming Henry Moore

The formative years of Britain’s greatest modern sculptor – 1914 to 1930 – explored in the studios and grounds where he spent his last decades. Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire (01279 843333), until Oct 22

Television Doctor Who

The long-running family sci-fi show returns for its 10th series since the 2005 reboot. It’s the first to feature new companion Bill (Pearl Mackie) and the last for both current Doctor Peter Capaldi and writer/producer Steven Moffat, who is passing the mantle to Broadchurch’s Chris Chibnall. BBC One

Out and about: H S Tuke’s The Critics ( 1927), appears in Queer British Art at Tate