Everyman theatre, LiverpoolTheatre meets couples counselling as a night of wine, passion and allegations of infidelity leave two women pulling their relationship apart Jesse is on her guard.…
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotNew playhouse kicks off with a boisterous, boundary-pushing production that is inventive enough to find fresh laughs in the mechanicals You can see how it…
Octagon theatre, BoltonThe paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult When Liesel…
Curve, LeicesterThis physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table There is nothing polite about Frantic Assembly's …
Theatre Royal, WakefieldJane Thornton and John Godber's knockabout 1985 cocktail bar comedy is updated to the cost of living crisis era, with a downsized cast doing a valiant job of keeping …
After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century When an early draft of Rona Mun…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn a monologue starring the excellent Blythe Jandoo, Martin McCormick finds a fearful, misogynistic, class-ridden society to blame for a girl's death There is somet…
Leeds PlayhouseDenzel Westley-Sanderson's staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches On the way into the theatre there is a pop-up dis…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaking dynamic use of a sparse stage and a spinning neon sign, Atri Banerjee's adventurous production gives new shape to Tennessee Williams' play You mess with The …
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughSkipping between three generations from the 50s to the present, this occasionally poignant play pulls back from the emotional force of its concept At 83, A…
Pitlochry festival theatreSara Shaarawi's two-hander captures tenderness and sadness as the sisters negotiate the Islamic revolution, exile and betrayal Fatemeh has just introduced her siste…
Live at No 40, GlasgowDirector Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare's tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city Ephesus is quite the place. It has it…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghSergio Blanco's bad-taste drama uses deadpan humour and a tapestry of cultural allusions to probe our fixation with death In Mary Shelley's novel, Victor Franke…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghWhether tap dancing, singing Abba's Money, Money, Money or lamenting the limitations of bargain-shop 'pound pants', the Welsh cast are cheeky and defiant Emilie Parr…
The Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghPersonal trauma, the horrors of migration and religious rhetoric feature in an impassioned narrative that ultimately feels more private than shared Man…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghLester Purry is at home performing the late playwright's breezy yet purposeful collection of stories from his youth, in its European premiere In the hands of a less…
Festival theatre, EdinburghIvo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage When Jude St Francis cuts his wr…
Leith Academy, EdinburghThe audience are cast as climate refugees in an immersive show that weaves together issues of class, power and politics Climate campaigners have been sounding the ala…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghShona Cowie combines traditional storytelling with physical theatre in a show about Maggie Osborne that posits her as more entrepreneur than witch As w…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghMaria MacDonell and Jo Clifford consider the classic Hans Christian Andersen story and don't shy away from nature's cruelty I'm no fan of seagulls " on…
Summerhall, EdinburghThe true story of a Sydney suburbanite who organised a campaign to save some local bushland and kickstarted a whole environmentalist movement Towards the end of this one…
Wee Red Bar, EdinburghAn adaptation of David Keenan's novel about a Scottish band who nearly supported Sonic Youth is lovingly detailed A few years ago, the director Stewart Laing invented a…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis four-strong cast imagine what it's like 'feeling safe all the time' in an urgent and impressionistic performance When they ask you not to take photos during…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghUsing letters written by survivors of the 1994 genocide to lost family members, Odile Gakire Katese's show is a tribute to the power of story Odile Gakire Kates…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLaura Horton's absorbing and sensitive play explores the impact of a much misunderstood disorder Sophie looks at her clothes and says she sees them as "versions…