Summerhall, EdinburghTwo caretakers at an abandoned Soviet research base in the Arctic debate their unease at the country's present and what became of the USSR Who exactly is the enemy curre…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In an atmospheric staging, with poetic dialogue, Jason Brownlee sketches the cruel twists of a violent and abusive London childhood According to the villain pl…
Summerhall, EdinburghAudio drama follows the grim decline of an incel, drawing lines between everyday aggression and appalling hate crime We're standing with our thoughts on Edinburgh's Mead…
Separate adaptations in Chester and Pitlochry see one faithful to the original, while the other is boldly set 50 years later and on a different continent It has turned into a summer of Littl…
Grosvenor Park open air theatre, ChesterThere is a fresh twist in this adaptation of Clive King's book but its important message is bogged down in a long-winded production Jessica Swale firs…
Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterThe friskiness of title characters Samuel Awoyo and Joëlle Brabban is matched by the punchy assurance of their delivery Juliet is on her balcony in…
Eden Court, InvernessTensions run high and relationships are tested in this poetic tale of love, community " and the threat of final orders Turns out the qualities that made Runrig one of Sc…
Secret location, GlasgowAudacious interactive audio work puts participants in among the ordinary consumers in a shopping centre, but gives them a fuller view of the exploitation behind the f…
Pitlochry festival theatre, ScotlandA touch more peril might help an otherwise playful retelling of the Jules Verne voyage with a cast full of bounce and brio A big plus point in going outdo…
Johnstone town hallA 60s Scottish skiffle band aim for the big time in the Tutti Frutti writer's tribute piece to Baker Street singer and teenage friend Gerry Rafferty John Byrne is not a pl…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowThis preposterous pun-laden panto gets everything just right with a lusty dame, a bad-tempered bear and a heroine who channels Kate Bush If you must insist on a summe…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeDirector Theresa Heskins adopts a larky tone as captured air force personnel attempt to tunnel their way to freedom The writers of Tom, Dick and Harry ma…
Sheffield TheatresChris Bush's audacious production, performed simultaneously by the same cast across three theatres, intertwines comedy, romance and political rage to dazzling effect Think …
Birmingham RepThis bright calypso musical, a feelgood reboot of Mustapha Matura's play, features a tremendous cast and sweet duets Is it a musical or is it a play with songs? It's a moot poi…
The Lowry, SalfordThere are attractive performances and striking singing as sisters grieve in writer Matthew Bulgo's drama Anna is in her late mother's attic brandishing a book. It is called…
Pitlochry Festival theatreWhat starts as a straight Conan Doyle adaptation takes a surprising twist in this two-hander about the limitations of story At first, you assume Lesley Hart's play …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghStephen McNicoll and Barnaby Power make a consummate team as the comedy legends, delivering knockabout hilarity with a melancholy undertow Movie director Leo McCarey h…
Pitlochry Festival theatreDespite the actors' efforts and some wide-collared 1970s designs, Ben Occhipinti's adaptation suffers from a lack of clarity The actors in Noises Off have to play t…
Pitlochry Festival theatreMusical built around the Proclaimers' music is tear-jerking and joyful and awash with life We've romped most of the way through Life With You, the title track from …
Live theatre, NewcastleDespite lively performances the story of three 13-year-olds in 1980s Sweden skips by with nothing at stake and nothing to be resolved You can see why Jack McNamara was…
Hull Truck theatreUpdated for the era of remote learning, Godber's 1987 work is still joyously energetic and bitter about systemic inequalities The most topical joke of the night is about pa…
Everyman, LiverpoolChloë Moss's play about a female officer who joins an all-male crew on a cargo ship skims the surface of its issues If you wanted to map the contours of the patriarchy,…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowAn actor considers a move from Northern Ireland to London in this witty two-hander by Cyprus Avenue's David Ireland Matthew is nervously running through his lines as …
Storyhouse, ChesterTim Firth pays tribute to his eccentric father with a cheerfully anarchic tale of cross-generational trust The key moment in Tim Firth's nourishing new musical would be ea…
Leeds PlayhouseEithne Browne gives a superb depiction of the bewilderment brought on by Alzheimer's in Francis Poet's sharp-witted play Frances Poet has form when it comes to dramatising ill…