Across the world, directors have used the heatwave as a metaphor for urban disaffection, abandonment and unrest. Outside of cities, blistering heat feels like nature’s violent reckoning with those too ...

The BAFTA-winning *Detectorists* and *Mr Bates vs the Post Office* actor stars as Iago opposite David Harewood in a new West End production. Read more on LondonTheatre.co.uk.