At its best, theatre is enthralling, and this year's offerings were led by one brilliant musical and one amazing comedy. With the West End immune to the chills of the recession, its profits went up, and it warmly welcomed a couple of hits from the subsidised sector: enter Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's Matilda!, a gorgeous RSC musical, plus Richard Bean's hilarious One Man, Two Guvnors from the National. And then Jez…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:21PM on December 25, 2011