Move over, Odysseus: time for the women of ancient Greece to have their moment in the sun
The hottest ticket in theatreland will soon be Cate Blanchett in Electra/Persona. Caged female rage continues to capture audiences, says writer Natalie Haynes
Mission review – dangerous quest to mend a broken childhood
George MacKay plays a troubled restaurant worker embarking on bleak inner and outer journeys reflecting the pressures on young men
Borges and Me review – a sweetly imagined literary odyssey through the Highlands
Luis Gnecco brings warmth, wit and quiet melancholy to Jorge Luis Borges in this gently enchanting adaptation of Jay Parini’s semi-fictional memoir
Snapshot review – fun found-footage scarer follows amateur Ripper hunters in the 1880s
A women’s spiritualist investigation team go after the serial killer, braving evil forces conjured into being by fear, misogyny and political rage
From Tony to Jungle: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Dominic Sessa plays Anthony Bourdain in a fun biopic, and the ever-danceable UK funksters are back with a sun-dappled new album
The Greatest Showman musical to come alive on the West End stage in 2027
Disney production ran in Bristol earlier this year and its stars Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks will resume their roles at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets
Editorial: In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales
Out There review – saucer-eyed teen searches for aliens in YA comedy drama
Wales, 1999: Maz is convinced her dead father was abducted by extraterrestrials in Simon Ryninks’s likable film, with a funny turn from Michael Sheen as a new age type
These Violent Delights review – Scottish Ballet’s feverish Romeo and Juliet is bold and unsettling
A taut, dreamlike reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy strips away romance in favour of dread, creating an engrossing and fiercely physical dance film
Mad Rush review – an intricate phone scam isn’t quite enough to drive this very Melbourne movie
In Hollywood’s hands this would be a pulse-pounding thriller, but Maddelin McKenna’s lithe feature debut is all about street-level authenticity
‘I felt so inspired’: Guardian readers on trying Homer’s epics after seeing The Odyssey
Readers describe how Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has ignited or reawakened their interest in classical texts