Culture vultures rejoice! Theatres, cinemas, pop arenas, concert halls and galleries reopen on Monday and what a feast of entertainment they ve got in store.
From Dua Lipa s tour, Emma Stone s deliciously evil Cruella de Vil on the big screen and Andrew Lloyd Webber s new Cinderella, to a David Hockney exhibition and Ricky Gervais s comedy show, there is something for everyone.
Here the Mail s critics round up the best shows around the country.
Film
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Beatrix Potter purists may not have loved the first Peter Rabbit in 2018, but it struck 24-carrot gold at the box office.
And hit children s films always get sequels these days. This one again has a voice cast led by James Corden and Margot Robbie, with Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson reprising their live-action roles. From May 17.
Rating:
Julie (NT at Home)
Verdict: Thin and tawdry
Now Lockdown 3 is upon us, you may worry that theatrical rations will start to run low. Fear not!
We still have plenty in our stockpile, with a good supply of new material promised on various websites.
Take the National Theatre s digital NT at Home (ntathome.com). Here, you can find perhaps the greatest theatrical production of the past two decades: War Horse.
I d been saving this for a rainy day, but I think we can safely assume that day has come. After all, who among us does not feel a bit like Michael Morpurgo s stallion, drafted into battle and made to drag cast-iron cannons through the fields of France during World War I?