Only a fool would make too many predictions about what will happen to the world at large over the next 12 months. Recent history is clear on that. On stage, however, we’d like to think we’re on safer ground. The comedian Rhod Gilbert, say, is about to launch a tour that is booking till the end of 2025, while Romesh Ranganathan and Bill Bailey will be filling arenas.
Meanwhile Sheridan Smith, Ian McKellen and Imelda Staunton are back on stage; one of the best new West End musicals of the past few years is setting off on tour; Mark Elder is saying goodbye to the Halle Orchestra after 25 years; Karl Marx is getting his own comic opera in Scotland and Carmen will be everywhere,
