The Habit of Art
It sounds an archetypal Alan Bennett project: an imagined encounter between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten, 25 years after their relationship had distinctly cooled. Michael Gambon and Alex Jennings star as the pugnacious poet and the pacifist composer; Nicholas Hytner, who turned The History Boys into a global hit, directs
In rep at the Lyttelton, London (020-7452 3000)
17 November – 24 January.