In London, the biggest draw of the weekend may well be the production of King Lear at the New London Theatre (which is receiving some enthusiastic and some not-so-enthusiastic notices). However, what you really should go and see – even though it has already been around for a few weeks – is the Walter Sickert exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery (the subject of a glowing review in the latest Spectator). This show dwells upon Sickert’s nudes, and cements the artist’s position as one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century (Sickert’s harsh brand of impressionism is echoed in everything from the work of Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon to the films of the Free Cinema movement). In short: unmissable.
Mancunians can enjoy A Conversation at the Royal Exchange Theatre. Written by the Australian playwright David Williamson, this starkly humanist production revolves around a meeting between the family of a murder victim and the family of the killer.
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