Lyceum theatre, EdinburghThe 2003 film forms the basis for this intriguing show about far-right tyranny but it is not a straightforward adaptation by any means A row of actors introduce them…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This cult novel adaptation follows one woman's journey toward self-determination, though it needs more work before it's a killer hit This musical comes with im…
Summerhall, Edinburgh The Neutrinos present two very different shows in the same lounge-like space: Inhaus sits the audience in the middle of a pop gig, while Darkroom's quiet soundtrack dra…
Available onlineDelivered by smartphone in voice notes, videos and texts, this 'real-time documentary' follows Afghan teen Sajid on an arduous trek across Europe This innovative production i…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterBased on the 70s TV drama, this musical depicts patriarchal power structures in the music industry which haven't changed much in five decades Almost two decades be…
Garrick theatre, LondonThe likes of Al Murray, Neil Morrissey and Mel Giedroyc can't rescue Simon Nye's woefully tedious show about the real-life heist of King Charles II's crown jewels Ther…
Naked choruses, sexual fantasies, rubbish tip wastelands and nods to refugee camps … Athens' Epidaurus festival is thrilling audiences " and thrusting theatre into the 21st century A giant…
Royal Court theatre, LondonDaring production ranges boldly from very funny Westminster satire to suffering families at the sharp end of Home Office policy 'Words don't crack bones … Do the…
The experimental collective bus us into unknown woodland at night, where we stumble across mysterious characters and slowly become part of a fugitive community We have been instructed to tur…
The theatre's new artistic director proved himself a canny commercialist attuned to promising writing at the New Diorama. How will his maverick sensibility adapt to a major venue? In appoint…
Chichester Festival theatreGina Beck is radiant as Maria in this immaculate and impish production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Chichester has set quite a record for staging West End-…
Finborough theatre, LondonThe first professional production of Merton Hodge's quippy drama in more than 80 years shows how a play can date Merton Hodge's whimsical play became an internation…
Crucible, SheffieldBilled as an opportunity to reframe Boublil and Schönberg's original, this is more of a tweak but it is a visually captivating production Last autumn, a theatre company o…
Royal Court theatre, LondonThree generations of women in a Merseyside house banter, bicker and disappear into their smartphones in this nuanced play from Michael Wynne Cuckoo is a delicately…
Park theatre, LondonLewis Aaron Wood's play about a rugby player with anxiety artfully conveys the energy of the sport but the characters are flimsy A new, welcome body of male-centred plays…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonChild-friendly adaptation that features an airborne chicken takeaway and Prospero casting spells with an iPad is a lovely introduction to Shakespeare Sh…
Home, ManchesterThis hugely eloquent show weaves together the awful mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with the tale of a father's slide into dementia This experimental drama takes us…
John Rylands Library, ManchesterThe actor's controlled inner outrage reels us in with this eerily prescient tale from 1977 of a dystopia in which art is criminalised It is eerily fitting tha…
London PalladiumThis adaptation has a luminous performance from Georgina Onuorah as Dorothy and some great ideas but throws too much at the audience This turbo-charged revival of Andrew Lloy…
Kiln theatre, LondonElizabeth Thompson takes on the whiskered lads of the Royal Academy in a show that bubbles over with charisma Elizabeth Thompson was once such a famous artist that a poli…
Birmingham RepThe Derry Girls star adds wonderfully subtle clowning and a beguiling naturalism to the absurd classic about a woman quite literally stuck in marital stasis The sun beats down …
Bush theatre, LondonSet against a backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, AJ Yi's thought-provoking and zingy culture-clash comedy contrasts online bedroom activism with the real thing We b…
Barbican theatre, LondonMichael R Jackson's Pulitzer-winning play is a strikingly original, highly entertaining tour of identity politics and the struggles of selfhood Michael R Jackson's "m…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonA bewitching cast cleverly turns Shakespeare into improv comedy in a backstage 'rehearsal' of the play, in which age and memory are played for l…
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London With anarchic comedy, songs and merry gender twists in Carl Grose's version, the folk hero of Sherwood Forest blazes a fresh trail of must-see summer f…