<p>This week Nancy and the Nicks head to Hampstead Theatre for Aaron Loeb’s <em>ROI (Return on Investment)</em>, where cancer has potentially been cured, and there's lots of money to be made. </p><br><p>Plus the gang are at the National Theatre for <em>Summerfolk</em>, Maxim Gorky’s caustic portrait of the pre-revolution Russian middle classes, eating, drinking and complaining their way towards a fairly inevitable reckoning.</p><br><p>Theatre Royal Stratford East's artistic director Lisa Spirling talks to Nick Curtis about her debut season, which has already got off to a stunning start with the harrowing <em>Here There Are Blueberries</em>, and continues with Tarell Alvin McCraney's <em>Choir Boy</em>. </p><br><p>Plus, Beatrice Penny-Touré, currently starring as Christine in <em>The Phantom of the Opera</em>, answers our five questions. </p><br><p>Follow us, watch us, chat to us @thelondontheatrereview on Insta and YouTube. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>