Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonModern-day echoes resound in Alistair Beaton's adaptation of the novel about tiny acts of rebellion in 1940s Germany 'The plan…" says Anna Quangel (Charlotte…
Belgrade theatre, Coventry Friends venture into danger on a rival estate armed with sassy spirit and beatbox energy " if not a clear plan " in this lively adaptation of Alex Wheatle's YA nov…
Live theatre, NewcastleA trio of actors try to provide answers for teenagers' anxieties in Paper Birds' razor-sharp show One teenager wants to know when you're ready to have a baby. Another…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme Actors swap multiple characters to share stories and trade blows as pints are pulled and relationships dissected in Jim Cartwright's bittersweet comic drama The…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Annual festival of visual theatre delivers a busy mix of puppetry, silent comedy, modern dance and the hard to define When you're used to performing to four people, an …
The city's theatre is emotional, indignant and polemical finds our critic on a whirlwind trip through a dozen shows The sparky young performers on stage thank us for coming out tonight. Ther…
Uig Community Centre, Isle of LewisJulia Taudevin's show about the Gaelic tradition of singing for the dead takes us on a dizzying spin through space and time It's based on keening rituals, …
NTGent, Ghent, BelgiumAn acting family play the members of a family about to take their own lives in this unnerving and heartbreaking celebration of the ordinary It is a dark winter's night …
Various venues, EdinburghCharlotte Runcie and Irvine Welsh are among the writers exploring Scotland's maritime history in these evocative installations A litany of names is projected on the …
Traverse, EdinburghDouglas Maxwell's two-hander teases and cajoles us with questions about how we see ourselves Jimmy says he doesn't want to be a story. An asylum seeker in Glasgow, he refu…
Playhouse, LiverpoolThe hard-working cast bring enough enthusiasm and gusto to this musical adaptation to disguise its weak score The word "believe" has been projected in big letters up St J…
Tramway, GlasgowTreating Carlo Collodi's allegory with the seriousness it deserves, this sincere and playful production draws a vulnerable boy into the tale's darkest corners Don't be taken …
Northern Stage, NewcastleSpectacle trumps subtlety as Hans Christian Andersen's tale of lost innocence is stifled by a topical plot and noisy percussion You can see the temptation. You've g…
Hull TruckMaking Wendy younger gives a different dynamic to Deborah McAndrew's engaging adaptation, with Baker Mukasa's spontaneous Peter She's a theatrical sort, is Vanessa Schofield's Wen…
Traverse, EdinburghFrom a man sneezing out frog-like creatures to a husband restored to life with the phlegm of a beggar, these supernatural fables are uncanny Being human is a risk. You nev…
Leeds PlayhouseDorothy turns eco-warrior, seeking justice in an unjust world, in this visually exciting production of the children's classic Check out the internet theory that Greta Thunberg…
Curve, LeicesterThe classic musical gets a bold makeover in this stylish and intimate production directed by Nikolai Foster It's not every show that comes with an endorsement from the local …
Dundee RepThe Scottish comic-strip transfers to the stage in a witty show addressing cultural anxieties about belonging, driven by a rock, gospel and bhangra score It would be a stretch to c…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeSisters Danielle and Nichole Bird create a dreamlike mirror image in a superbly staged production, alive with music, wit and spectacle It was written as …
Coliseum, OldhamWhat used to be one boy's coming-of-age struggle with a tyrannous ogre is now a free-for-all Boisterous, full-throttled and cheery it may be, but it's hard to locate the hear…
Paisley Arts CentreA shipyard electrician and his wife suffer the debilitating effects of a preventable, man-made disease in Frances Poet's play In 1898, factory inspector Lucy Deane Streatf…
Byker Community Centre, NewcastleThis explosive, techno-soundtracked assault on the military machine cuts between war-zone combatants and anxious families in the weapons industry Two men loo…
Traverse, EdinburghAnna Russell-Martin gives a magnetic performance as Anais, the 15-year-old resident of a care home, who dreams of reinventing herself Anna Russell-Martin doesn't crack a s…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterLucy Ellinson stars as a lean, mean and moody Macbeth in Christopher Haydon's noisy, dystopian production, with Ony Uhiara as a high-spirited wife Let's number the …
Northern Stage, NewcastleArts employee Rosa Postlethwaite sets out to satirise the corporate machinery of modern theatre " but deadpan irony gets it in the way Do you remember a time before …