The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
Showing now
Towards Night at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (01323-434670). This “wonderfully evocative” show presents nocturnal images by some 60 artists, from William Blake and Marc Chagall to Peter Doig. Curated by Tom Hammick, an artist who has himself “long been drawn to the night”, it “begins in a dreamland of wonder”, but then “takes on an increasingly dystopian cast” (Times). Ends 22 January.
Shakespeare Trilogy, Donmar at King’s Cross Theatre, London N1 (0844-815 7151). Phyllida Lloyd’s much-lauded all-female Shakespeare project culminates in a rep season, bringing together the previously seen Julius Caesar and Henry IV and a new Tempest. All starring Harriet Walter. Ends 17 December.
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Rachel Kavanaugh’s revival of David Heneker’s 1963 musical Half a Sixpence had mixed reviews when it opened in Chichester, but according to The Daily Telegraph, it is “pure gold”. From 29 October, Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2 (www.halfasixpence.co.uk).
Singer-songwriter PJ Harvey is going on a short UK tour, taking in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Wolverhampton. From 30 October to 4 November (www.pjharvey.net).
Just out in paperback
Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor (Penguin £8.99). Beevor “weaves a brilliant narrative” out of Germany’s surprise last-gasp assault on the Allies through the Ardennes in December 1944 (Sunday Times).