Illustrator Quentin Blake; Danny Boyle, Nick Hytner and Gemma Bodinetz on regional theatre funding cuts; Lionel Shiver reviews A Bigger Splash at Tate Modern and Shahidha Bari reviews Light from the Middle East at the V&A; The War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne; Dramatist Anya Reiss and actor Matthew Kelly on Chekhov's The Seagull; Comedian and author Ben Elton.