Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

Precious metal

Plus: J.B. Pristley's quaint, outdated play An Inspector Calls offers little in the way of entertainment or revelation

  • School of Rock

    New London Theatre, until 9 April 2017

  • An Inspector Calls

    Playhouse Theatre, until 25 March 2017

Who could resist School of Rock? For me it was a chance to see a heavy-metal musical written by the best-known headbanger in the House of Lords, Julian Fellowes. The movie features Jack Black as a failed rock guitarist who bluffs his way into a private school and turns a class of robotic snoots into a prize-winning band.

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