Things to do this week in England

Hobson’s Choice

Romance flourishes in a shoe shop in this immensely popular dance adaptation of Harold Brighouse’s play Hobson’s Choice by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Stern-faced Maggie is determined to keep the shop afloat for her alcoholic father, until she sets her sights on the painfully shy boothand. Birmingham Hippodrome, February 22-25, www.brb.org.uk

Warhol is Here

What a scamp Andy Warhol was, with soup tins and monumental camouflage screens! Twenty-five years to the week after his death, gorge on Marilyn Diptych, Mao Tse-Tung and Gilbert & George. De La Warr Pavilion, until February 26, Bexhill on Sea, www.dlwp.com

Stewart Lee

Comic iconoclast Stewart Lee has ditched his trademark silences because other stand-ups have copied him to the point of cliché. And who wants to pay for silence? Thank God he’s filling the air with acerbic wit. Careful you don’t crack a rib. The Playhouse, Nottingham, February 23, then touring, www.stewartlee.co.uk

SBTRKT

Catch the man behind the African facemask flooding the airwaves of Radio 1 and 6 Music. Alan Jerome, aka SBTRKT,has made booty shakin’ remixes of MIA, Basement Jaxx, Mark Ronson and Underworld. The Plug, Sheffield, February 22 then touring, www.sbtrkt.com

Olney Pancake Race

Back in 1445 women first ran down the road with a pancake-filled frying pan in hand, in Olney, a Buckinghamshire village, on Shrove Tuesday. Nobody is quite sure why, but now we’re all at it. Don’t forget sugar and lemon. Buckinghamshire, February 21, www.olneyonline.com

Simple Minds

With megahits such as Don’t You Forget About Me and stadium rock to rival U2, isn’t it time you saw Simple Minds? Their new tour showcases five songs from each of their first five LPs. Birmingham Academy, February 24, then touring, www.simpleminds.com

Hidden Britain: Wilton’s Music Hall, London

One of the few Victorian music halls to have survived in its original state, Wilton’s dilapidated glamour is the perfect setting for cabaret and theatre shows for those in the know. Its colourful history – London’s first ever can-can was performed here, and swiftly banned – practically oozes from the walls. www.wiltons.org.uk