Perth theatre, ScotlandNicola Werenowska's enterprising adaptation tackles DH Lawrence's novel back to front Adapting a novel is rarely straightforward and playwright Nicola Werenowska take…
Veteran director, who originally opposed adapting 1967 film for the stage, is 'very proud' as Menier Chocolate Factory production will move to London's Garrick theatre The Menier Chocolate F…
Tron theatre, GlasgowJemima Levick's superb production sets Arthur Miller's tale of family, immigration, poverty and passion in the modern-day Brooklyn docks Is it an innocent domestic momen…
Tramway, GlasgowSandy Grierson is astonishing as a talking monkey working in a Japanese bathhouse in this slight but theatrically beguiling slice of magical-realism Mizuki Ando has a distres…
Live theatre, NewcastleA South Shields family are torn by opposing forces as Ishy Din cleverly taps into the emotive memories of a weekend in the summer of 1977 It is a reasonable question. …
Hull Truck theatreSnappy movement and a Billy Nomates score can't make up for the lack of emotional range in this portrait of the 18th-century writer It was quite a life. Having escaped a vi…
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterHiding behind the fluttering dialogue and domestic chatter lies a dark poetry in a pair of plays that address terrifying futures head on Last month, wildfir…
Royal Court, LiverpoolBubbling with quirky detail, Sarah Whitehead's full-length debut captures the contradictions of close relationships between sisters without sentimentality The past hang…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghJohn Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly He likes a bit of a laugh, this Shylock…
The Dukes, LancasterWith a cumbersome script and no sense of danger or atmosphere, this production loses its way If you are in any doubt that this adaptation of the 1952 Mary Norton novel ha…
Derby theatreAbsorbing adaptation is faithful to the original, with sepia lighting and a whiskery, curmudgeonly Scrooge pinching pennies in hard times Even the proportions of Ebenezer Scroog…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe titular hero's coming-of-age tale takes advantage of local tourist attractions and a bright hard-working cast in this brisk and cheerful production I…
Octagon, BoltonThis musical adaptation of the classic tale is full of charm and catchy new numbers with a captivating turn by Kiara Nicole Pillai as Mowgli There is a startling piece of tran…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDuncan McLean's riotous adaptation begins in a care home for retired pirates, from which the resourceful heroes set sail in a washtub buoyed by imagination Who is the …
Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterJustin Greene and the late Steve Brown's musical about a working-class woman who wins big on the pools and blows the lot is given a moving dream twist As ec…
Tron theatre, GlasgowThere are cursory mentions of crocodiles, clocks and boys who never grow up, but Johnny McKnight's script charts its own course in a hilariously daft production I have s…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn our dark times, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics offer a sugar-coated disguise for a show with political heft Elizabeth Newman's six-year tenure as Pitlochry…
Royal Court, LiverpoolWolf-like property developers are set to evict the grandmother, who is on a night of drug-fuelled abandon, in this enjoyable show This is Liverpool, so the most frighte…
Alphabetti, NewcastleWritten and performed by Matt Miller, this tender solo show weaves in bittersweet childhood memories with car maintenance metaphors We have signed up for a 12-week cours…
Playhouse, SheffieldThe actor plays a dozen roles with aplomb in a small-town US tale co-written with Ed Stambollouian What an astonishing performance. In a kind of true-crime version of Und…
Birmingham RepRae Mainwaring's award-winning drama about a young woman with multiple sclerosis is given a playful production This play's title refers to the patches of an MRI scan that indic…
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAn unlikely crew, including a vicar and two pensioners, sail a dodgy ship on a voyage to honour an explorer. But the sitcom setup fails to deliver much com…
Everyman, Liverpool Julian Moore-Cooke is terrific as Padraic, avenging his pet, but the mix of humour and gory violence needs fine-tuning in this revival The joke at the heart of Martin McD…
Ã’ran Mór, Glasgow A plain-speaking policeman finds himself confronted by one of history's great impostors in Jonny Donahoe's entertaining play Anastasia is attempting to look regal in…
Tron, GlasgowNearly 30 years on, environmental activists' occupation of the North Sea fuel store gets an ambitious, heartfelt musical treatment This time last year, Just Stop Oil protestors …