The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
Showing now
Patrick Heron at Tate St Ives, Cornwall (01736-796226). The first retrospective of the abstract artist since his death in 1999, this absorbing show includes his vibrant visions of the Cornish landscape (FT). Ends 30 September; 19 October-7 January 2019, Turner Contemporary, Margate (01843-233000).
Shebeen at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310). Mufaro Makubika’s award-winning drama about Caribbean immigrants in Nottingham in the 1950s. With Martina Laird and Karl Collins. “A knockout” (Times). Ends 7 July.
Book now
There are high notes aplenty at this year’s Proms, including John Wilson conducting Bernstein’s West Side Story (11 August) and the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler’s Third Symphony (2 September). 13 July-8 September, Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 (www.bbc.co.uk/proms).
The Almeida’s sell-out production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke heads to the West End. “See this now, or live to regret it” (Telegraph). From 10 November, Duke of York’s Theatre, London WC2 (0844-871 7623).
Just out in paperback
Ma’am Darling by Craig Brown (Fourth Estate £9.99). Craig Brown’s “99 glimpses of Princess Margaret” avoids the usual Royal biography traps and is “often hilarious – but Craig never loses his sympathy” (Daily Telegraph).