Leeds PlayhouseWith echoes of the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Mel Pennant's new play focuses on the mothers who are left behind Racism, as Mel Pennant's new play explores, does not come from…
Deaf and disabled actors are bringing a fresh dimension to the much-loved tale in Leeds Playhouse's new production. The creative team explain its 'aesthetics of access' Entering director Amy…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TyneThe Young'uns bring the astonishing true story of a working-class hero who fought against Franco to rousing musical life Five years ago, the folk band the …
Home, ManchesterThe thin line between loneliness and connection is made manifest in Gecko and Mind the Gap's surprising show It's apt that Gecko's new collaboration with Mind the Gap has bee…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterAndrew Sheridan's adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel focuses on Cathy and Heathcliff's morbid passions and has the feel of a ghost story There's an inherent, ins…
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterThis collection of short plays by women features vivid characters and bears the bruises of the patriarchy Vignettes is an apt title for HER Productions' collecti…
Leeds PlayhouseDavid Greig's play about a Warsaw orphanage shows glimpses of hope in the ghetto " but, inevitably, it falls short of capturing the horror of the Holocaust Philosopher Theodor…
Sheffield CrucibleAgainst a spare backdrop, the cast generate energy, comedy and romance in spades in this revival of Frank Loesser's New York musical In turbulent political times, how can t…
This year marks a new era for the York Theatre Royal panto. Well, sort of. Beloved, long-running dame Berwick Kahler may have
York Theatre Royal Fugard's profound examination of a South African family ripped apart by a workplace accident is devastatingly brilliant Hello. Goodbye. These two small, unassuming words b…
Studio theatre, SheffieldSign language adds new dimensions to Charlotte Keatley's popular play about four generations of women So much in My Mother Said I Never Should is unsaid, or half sai…
Leeds PlayhouseWinsome Pinnock's 2005 play that has been reimagined to focus on mental health asks urgent questions but yields few answers When a man steps in front of a London Underground t…
Bolton Library and MuseumBeth Hyland attempts to shift the male-and-his-muse gaze in her story about misogyny in the music industry Fiction and history are littered with male artists and the…
Handle With Care, a three-week festival at Camden People's theatre, aims to contest perceptions about millennials' entitlement, fragility and offence-taking Handle With Care, the title of a…
Wolves may be in the title, but tutti frutti's children's show is all about the sheep. Its familiar story is told by
The Lowry, Salford Following two friends over three decades, Daniel Kanaber's play spans friendship, mental health and emotionally pent-up men 'Take care of yourself," one character grunts t…
As the lights come up, a crate is lowered from above, like a shipment being unloaded in the Brooklyn docks. Beneath the
Various venues, ManchesterFrom dance to comedy to video, this series of events confronts illness, grief and death with uplifting candour The title of Candoco Dance Company's show, Let's Talk…
Home, Manchester Created with prisoners at HMP Wandsworth and performed by a cast affected by the criminal justice system, Luke Barnes' play reminds us that people are more than their crimes…
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterThe TV host who provokes salacious slanging matches becomes newly pertinent in a revival of Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas's show It's interesting how the parame…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghDael Orlandersmith transforms into her characters, dispassionately inhabiting their reactions to the shooting of black teen Michael Brown by a white policeman Dael…
Roundabout, Summerhall, EdinburghCharley Miles's multifaceted but tightly focused play is about the complex, envy-laced relationship between siblings The title of Charley Miles's play is som…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA woman with postnatal depression fixates on a homeless man in this uncomfortable drama in which only one of the characters seems real Katie Guicciardi's one-wo…
Summerhall, EdinburghInspirational hashtags, cute dogs and marriage don't cure depression, says Demi Nandhra in her gleefully silly yet deeply important take on mental health Every year now,…
Summerhall, EdinburghThough it is unashamedly bleak, there are fragments of brightness as Caroline Horton's show recognises mental health as something that ebbs and flows Caroline Horton ope…