NOW SHOWING SIX OF THE BEST
THEATRE: Avenue Q Riotous and rude, the hugely popular puppetry show has found a new home at the Gielgud Theatre.
ART: JW Waterhouse As well as its Summer Exhibition, the Royal Academy is showing a retrospective of the leading Pre-Raphaelite, full of maidens, myths and Victorian whimsy.
FILM: Gangsters at the BFI To coincide with the release of Public Enemies, BFI Southbank is showing a season of classic gangster films, from The Roaring Twenties to Scarface and Bonnie & Clyde.
ART: Per Kirkeby at Tate Modern Bankside’s retrospective of the Danish artist is one of the surprises of the summer, an intriguing survey of one of the most diverse careers in contemporary art.
FILM: Shirin Often described as the world’s greatest filmmaker, Iran’s Abbas Kiarostami has produced a fascinating meditation on the idea of watching.
THEATRE: Forbidden Broadway A New York staple, the great review lampooning musicals is at Southwark’s Menier Chocolate Factory.