Paul Vale

Mohammed Shamji, 43, entered a guilty plea to the second-degree murder of his wife, Elana Fric-Shamji, at a Toronto courthouse on Monday. He faces an automatic life sentence.

Thousands of mourners, including the widow (right) attended the funeral in Portland of a Maine state trooper killed by a tire that flew off a logging truck on the Interstate last week.

Sian Carter’s debut play at Lyric Hammersmith is a compassionate exploration of the complexities of family identity and grief, starring Suzette Llewellyn and Ruby Barker

Snatched review at Soho Theatre, London, starring and written by Melissa Johns, directed by Lily Levin

This coming-of-age comedy, adapted by Rebecca Glendenning from Lukas Moodysson’s 2013 film, features accomplished and engaging performances from its youthful central trio

Richard III review at the Delacorte Theater, New York, directed by Robert O’Hara and starring Danai Gurira

Charlie Ryall’s debut musical sees her join forces with Richard Baker in an inventive and ambitious piece

Writer and performer Richard Marsh’s affectionate and poetic one-man homage to the classic action movie Die Hard

As the first full-scale children’s show at Shakespeare’s Globe, this production is fun and engaging

Cabaret artist Keith Ramsay deconstructs All About Eve in an engrossing, electrifying monologue