John Wilson speaks to Damon Albarn about his autobiographical solo album and Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, the co-writers of two of the biggest stage musicals of all time. On the Bard’s birthday Mike Bartlett on creating a future Shakespearian king. Crime writer Sophie Hannah on secrets and lies. How the art is taking off at Heathrow and Kirsty Lang discusses a new unsettling play, Privacy and after a lifetime of composing film scores Michael Nyman on his decision to write no less than 19 symphonies.