The Week on Stage: From Hex to Kerry Jackson

A guide to the week’s theatre

From L-R: ‘Mandela’, ‘Kerry Jackson’, ‘Hex’, ‘Orlando’ (Johan Persson/Marc Brenner/Helen Murray)

This week, a major new musical about the life of Nelson Mandela opens at the Young Vic, Emma Corrin returns to the West End, and the National Theatre brings a family Christmas show and a new play about class warfare.

Mandela – Young Vic ★★★☆☆