Suzan-Lori Parks’ American Civil War drama is both mischievous and moving

A clever but emotionally unengaging production of Mozart’s opera

A circus show with a jaw-dropping finale

Transferring from Adelaide, Andrew Bovell’s suburban drama struggles to find the universal in the ordinary

Band leader Oli Bayston sings in a lugubrious singsong amid an inventive mix of sounds built around strong rhythms

The singer performs in a less animated variety of whimsy than before, with several tracks inspired by William Onyeabor

For all the discipline he brings to the Classical style it is hard to miss Nelson Goerner lurking in the background

The live album captures the thrill of the Hungarian group in full headlong flight, with European/Balkan influences

The band’s hypnotic brand of post-punk with enigmatic strings and Portishead-style dub effects still shows in their third album

The Yorkshire teen sings in breathy high tones in an atmospherically worked mood of introversion and subtlety

Performances by the 18-singer strong ORA are first-rate, the recording echoes generously in a church ambience

From a sinewy hip-hop groove, the album shifts to dense harmonies and supple rhythms of the Glasper aesthetic

Alisa Weilerstein’s playing is not a typically spontaneous Rostropovich bearhug, more a deeply considered embrace

When the truth catches up with a true-crime story

The resurgent popularity of Gutai artists has led new audiences to an appreciation of Japan’s multi-faceted art and design

Or is the collector-dealer bond more important than ever?

Henri Chwast’s personal collection of 1920s design pieces is about to come up for auction

Works included in the sale reflect the late art dealer’s deep commitment to the modernist tradition

The Russian collector began buying art and ceramics from his native country ‘for peanuts’ in the 1980s

Ruddy Roye’s inspiration is to tell the stories of people ‘who society does not want to deal with’

Bass Museum starts buying; Somerset in vogue; a private art space on the Hudson; Nicole Farhi at Bowman

The Art Market

Whit Stillman’s version of the novella-in-letters Lady Susan has the hats, horses, houses and handsome hunks

An impressive balance of lean horror and a slick dissection of screen violence and antisocial fantasy

A hapless salesman is sent to Saudi Arabia to sell a high-tech hologram meeting system to the King

The singer’s set drew heavily on new songs, full of apocalyptic imagery and fallen characters