Carousel , Arcola Theatre, London
Arcola Theatre, London: This revelatory fringe production reveals haunting new textures in Rodgers and Hammerstein's richly patterned tapestry of life and romance among millworkers, fairground staff and fishermen in Maine. That's partly thanks to a gentle timeshift - the action has been relocated from the 1870s to the 1930s, which puts the show in a more recognisable and tangible past - but mainly thanks to…