And what's more . . .

Following his Olivier Award-winning success with A Christmas Carol, Patrick Star Trek Stewart is in negotiation to return to the West End in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? His possible co-star is equally award-laden. A return to high drama for Helen Mirren . . . Undeterred by the failure of his musical The Hunting of the Snark, Mike Batt will be leading four composition seminars for Classic FM's Masterclass series this autumn: budding composers are advised to keep their Sunday afternoons 'wombling-free' . . .