Love nosing around back stage at the theatre - Simon Annand's The Half, a series of photos of actors in the half an hour before they go on stage is a permanent resident on the coffee table.

Curtain Call: A Year Back Stage In London Theatre is a new book - and the first of a series - in which photographer Matt Humphrey has been given access to nearly 60 theatre productions in 2015/16 to capture what goes on. Stars such as Nicole Kidman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Damian Lewis, Imelda Staunton, Mark Rylance, James McAvoy and Mark Strong all feature.

Have been given a taster and these are some of favourites:

James McAvoy, The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studio. Photo: Matt Humphrey - Curtain Call (2016).