Bridge theatre, LondonIbsen's mysticism and mermaids are thrown out as director Simon Stone amps up the 1888 play's psychological intensity with his eco-focused update Writer-director Simon …
Bush theatre, LondonBoth screen stars captivate in Emma Dennis-Edwards's tale of Gen Z Erica and emotionally distant Joyce Two screen stars blaze on stage in this mother-daughter drama: Leti…
Marylebone theatre, LondonRussian director Alexander Molochnikov's play within a play raises vital questions about the cost and creativity of exile but is undone by its own cleverness This i…
Ustinov Studio, BathAs a pair of wisecracking vaudevillian entertainers, the stars balance the comedy and desolation in Lindsay Posner's production This desolate masterpiece by Samuel Becket…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonMike Bartlett's invigorating play becomes a state-of-the-world drama about whether it is possible to live responsibly in our age of toxic capitalism Mike Bartlett's s…
Theatre Royal BathThe actor's minimal staging of the Shakespeare comedy favours stillness and feeling over comic fizz, with moving performances from Gloria Obianyo and Amber James Ralph Fien…
Globe theatre, LondonRobin Belfield's staging of Shakespeare's comedy has plenty of charm, but its darker undertones are glossed over It is festival time in Illyria, with masked revelries al…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghEmma Maye Gibson's outre alter ego conjures a bacchanalian helter-skelter of burlesque moments that never quite cohere This experimental act from Australia knows how …
Ustinov Studio, BathAllen is convincing as the bored newlywed but Matthew Dunster's version gets lost between our time and Ibsen's It is not through any shortcomings of the cast that Matthew…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis version of Lerner and Loewe's musical has plenty of energy " bagpipes, big voices, drumming galore " but surely it needed more of a story update? A…
Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square, EdinburghThe two titans of tech are parodied in a thoroughly fun send-up of the competition between Apple and Microsoft This musical comedy about billio…
Traverse, EdinburghOliver Ayres tucks you in for an intimate account of his diagnosis with a severe and chronic immune condition, and the effect of transphobia This is a one-to-one show that…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghIn Hannah Moscovitch's powerful play, a journalist's triggered memories of abuse are voiced by a man This two-hander about consent, abuse and the doubt cast over w…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Beth Paterson leads us through her discovery that the grandmother who berated her as a child was a Holocaust survivor This story, told by Beth Paterson, is about her "n…
Lyceum, EdinburghPerformers dig up the stage, roll in the sack and merge with machines in Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman's arresting show Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman's take …
Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Robert Daws stars as the great comic author in this one-man show but is let down by lukewarm humour Robert Daws has lots of previous form on PG Wode…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith brilliant one-liners, dazzling music and two formidable performers, this fringe highlight sees a cute newcomer end Earth's 750m-year stint of singledom Doe…
Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House, EdinburghA joyful ensemble channels the spirit of 70s counterculture with dazzling costumes and cheeky choreography in a flawed show This riotous ense…
Pentland theatre, Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh Voices swirl in Andreas Constantinou's medium-like performance as he struggles still with his dad's response to his sexuality This is a show ab…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghBuried trauma surfaces at a family reunion in Karis Kelly's darkly funny Northern Irish drama that attempts to capture a broader history of violence Karis Kelly's …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghIn one of several Palestinian stories at this year's fringe, writer and comedian Alaa Shehada finds humour amid the horror of Israel's occupation This is the story o…
Summerhall, EdinburghThe actor makes his much anticipated writing debut at the fringe with an adventurous show about homemade porn Kevin and Megan are friends who reap the benefits when a on…
Festival Theatre, EdinburghCox's entertaining spectre of Adam Smith visits Royal Bank of Scotland's fascinatingly bland tyrant CEO in James Graham's ambitious play about his meteoric rise an…
Jermyn Street Theatre, LondonThe fictional island of Sirene is home to a tangled web of lovers in this fun and frolicking adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's novel featuring a fantastic cast C…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonHollering songs, cartoonish characters and dire dialogue mar this well-intentioned true story of the first all-female crew to attempt the Whitbread ocean …