IoS theatre review: Merrily We Roll Along, Menier, London Boris Godunov, Swan, Stratford-Upon-Avon Kiss Me, Kate, Old Vic, London
The year is 1957, and Sputnik has just breathtakingly launched into space as Franklin, a fledgling American composer, gazes up at the stars and jubilantly welcomes the dawning of a new age, when anything will be achievable and his generation will, he believes, realise its dreams. It's an uplifting scene from an uplifting-sounding musical, Merrily We Roll Along.