Ross Willis unveils his new play Grim Brenda, Nancy Medina takes over at Bristol Old Vic and Sung Im Her has all the right moves. Here are 10 of theatre’s brightest talents today
A new chamber opera explores isolation and connection, a John Dowland recital strikes a note of exquisite pain – and a community opera enchants with a modern fable
PATRICK MARMION: Hardship has seldom seemed so easily borne as at the National Theatre this week, where a brace of plays make light work of the rigours of discrimination and poverty.