Summerhall, EdinburghThough it is unashamedly bleak, there are fragments of brightness as Caroline Horton's show recognises mental health as something that ebbs and flows Caroline Horton ope…
★★★☆☆/★★★★☆Summerhall, Edinburgh/Assembly Roxy, EdinburghIn two bold new shows, fathers and their children are caught in a damagin…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIt's not a new message but it's made with charm and comedy in this three-hander about how women's bodies are policed Remember that weight-loss product ad splash…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNew Diorama's beautifully crafted play casts doubt on titillating tales of the notorious serial killer, but can't escape the clutches of morbid fascination From…
Summerhall, EdinburghWith a flurry of feathers and splash of water, Kim Donohoe and Pete Lannon ask how much can ever know another creature At a moment when we urgently need to reassess our …
Underbelly, EdinburghPoltergeist's mischievous show asks how we determine the worth and meaning of artworks A plastic shoe, scuffed around the edges, sits atop a white plinth. A figure stan…
Mass extinctions, carbon emissions and freak storms will feature at a festival where artists are finding new ways to raise the alarm 'I no longer think of this as a technological problem. I …
York Theatre RoyalSongs and music by the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon sparkle in this vivid adaptation of Arthur Ransome's classic that might please adults more than kids Summer holidays are …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterKandinsky reawaken Manchester's radical past in an imaginatively staged drama that fuses history and myth Today, computers are taking our jobs. At the turn of the 1…
Composer Emily Howard, poet Michael Symmons Roberts and immersive theatre company ANU on MIF's bicentennial Peterloo commemoration Look closely as you walk through the streets of Manchester …
Seven Arts, LeedsChildren's theatre company Tutti Frutti use physical playfulness and ingenuity to tell a story about the importance of communication and friendships Friendship, as adults an…
On the surface, Driving Miss Daisy looks like a timely choice of revival. The play explores the relationship between an African American
Ambassador, Bradford At the pub, the night before her untimely death, the acclaimed playwright spars with her younger self in this tender adaptation of Adelle Stripe's novel Andrea Dunbar's …
Scarcroft Allotments, YorkThe DIY charm of Mikron Theatre and Nick Ahad's new show is a good match for the resort's brand of family fun The Redcoat, as one character in Nick Ahad's new play …
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterSet in the 60s, the hidden histories of men up against repressive homosexuality laws have an intense emotional force in Kathrine Smith's production When playwri…
Various venues, LeedsWith interactive surveillance games, reconstructions of student protests and interventions in a shopping centre, the biennial festival reconfigured audiences' relationsh…
Theatregoers in York and Manchester have been recruited to bring fresh ideas and talent to the cities' stages in revolutionary programme initiatives 'How do we bridge the gap between theatre…
Live theatre, Newcastle Social cohesion and toxic masculinity are big topics confronted with verve by new writers through Live's showcase Elevator festival The topic of social housing seems …
Headlong theatre company's latest production, Acts of Resistance, plugs into people power in four communities across the country In the days after the EU referendum, Headlong theatre company…
Crucible, SheffieldThis across-the-decades Park Hill musical is cleverly staged, moving through idealism, dilapidation and gentrification Rising above Sheffield station, the buildings of the…
Leeds PlayhouseAmy Leach's thriller-like version of Shakespeare's tragedy gives familiar lines a revelatory ring: there is zero suggestion that Tessa Parr is playing a male role It's rare, b…
Home, ManchesterSleepwalk Collective's dreamlike show riffs on nostalgia, technology, climate change and the glamour of opera From the title of Sleepwalk Collective's new show, you might exp…
Theatre Deli, SheffieldKaty Dye gives a powerful performance deconstructing the idea of sexy innocence and society's worship of feminine youth In contemporary society and pop culture, there …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterJude Christian's solo show confronts historical brutality and personal heritage by dwelling in the grey areas It's hard to pin down Nanjing, Jude Christian's elusiv…
Various venues, YorkThe annual experimental showcase serves up a strange, compelling programme of dance, performance and live art Outside York Art Gallery, as tourists and tunic-clad visitor…