Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonWith a jarring tone and karaoke hits, this show never truly captures the highs and lows of the star's life Lesley Hornby was 16 when she became the face of he…
Hampstead theatre, LondonA grieving behavioural biologist meets an anthropologist in Marek Horn's drama starring Jemma Redgrave and Ewan Miller At the centre of this play of ideas about anim…
Tom Cruise's character becomes a female neuroscientist in a new adaptation of the Spielberg film, kicking off a season that, the venue's artistic director says, will focus on communal experi…
Omnibus Theatre, LondonCharlie Dupré's Bruntwood prize longlisted play asks thoughtful questions about who gets to shape history, but lacks a level of intrigue and emotional depth to addres…
Duke of York's theatre, LondonThe actor gives thrillingly virtuoso performances as multiple characters in an entertaining reimagining but he cannot penetrate any one part deeply enough for t…
Old Vic theatre, LondonThis Shaw revival has wonderful moments but there is little spark between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins In its preface, George Bernard Shaw claimed the success of …
Charing Cross theatre, LondonAmong polished performances, Kara Lane's creepily obsessed housekeeper proves a powerful force This musical adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel became a mamm…
Barbican, LondonBelarusian and Ukrainian performers come together in this creepy and atmospheric haunted house story This operatic tale of folkloric ghost-kings, aristocrats and curses resus…
@sohoplace, LondonThis adaptation of a memoir by a 17-year-old aspiring rugby pro paralysed by a holiday accident has catchy songs, strong performances and schmaltz "When I was 17, I had an …
Gate theatre, LondonFunny, moving stories about working-class lives are interspersed with political music in this baggy three-hander Brassic FM is the kind of pirate station you might tune i…
The poet has teamed up with Frantic Assembly to bring the novella, about a man who turns into an insect, to the stage. He explains why this story of family meltdown is all about modern life …
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, LondonSet aboard a double-decker as it journeys through London and back and forth in time, this is a poignant but uplifting immersive theatre pi…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonSome of the punches don't land as hard as they might, but deft direction and slick performances make this a delightfully brutal take down of bourgeois manners Yasmin…
Minerva Theatre, ChichesterWhile its characters can't quite hold the full weight of the culture wars commentary, Deborah Frances-White's frothy comedy is eminently watchable Money and friend…
Assembly Checkpoint, EdinburghPerformers Olivia Porter and Jarred Dewey bring this inventive show to (after)life with their dark, messy and often astonishing physical comedy It begins like a…
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghOscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little drama What would Oscar Wilde be d…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghTwo-hander presents a woman, who has miscarried on a US flight, confronted by a steely lawyer who explains she is representing the foetus The tension builds from the…
Festival theatre, EdinburghOng Keng Sen's high-octane production for the National Changgeuk Company of Korea is scintillating from start to finish This operatic production leans into several…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghJenny Sealey, the artistic director of disabled-led theatre company Graeae, becomes playwright and performer in this engaging autobiographical tale Jenny Sealey tell…
theSpace, EdinburghAndrew O'Hagan's script has some witty lines but this drama about the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood lacks narrative focus This monologue opens in a st…
Summerhall, EdinburghJamie Armitage's police procedural seems straightforward but the live-stream cameras give eerie clues to a story that is not as it seems This mini police procedural uses…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis fantastically silly show by writer-actors Valen Shore and Alison Zatta reflects on the adrenalised rise to fame for young pop stars On the face of it, a mu…
Summerhall, EdinburghEloina Haines' performance considers her own " and other women's " labia and the obscene pressure to make this body part conform If the Edinburgh fringe has never really…
The Studio, EdinburghGeoff Sobelle is firmly in control of this clever show full of tricks, but it doesn't really feed the soul A gigantic banqueting table dominates the room, with members o…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghValentijn Dhaenens switches between 13 characters, with the help of technology, to tell a story of poverty and social injustice It is maverick, perhaps reckless, to a…