Sherman theatre, CardiffRebecca Jade Hammond's assured drama about two girls groomed for drug trafficking switches between humour and terror What a punchy play. Rebecca Jade Hammond has writ…
They came out of the blue and electrified Edinburgh with absurdist takes on Americana. Now the US pair are doing all three hits back to back " and dreaming of not having to share a room It's…
Lancaster Academy, LeicesterRoss Willis and Ned Bennett's audacious adventure for schools is a cult in the making, with a post-apocalyptic plot, snappy gags and a trash-talking baby This is …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThis brisk staging for young audiences has acrobatic witches and action-movie fights but misses some of the play's bloodcurdling weirdness Here is a Macbeth for yo…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe cancellation in 2022 of a sex education show for children and their families is revisited in this hour of artistic self-assessment The stage is dressed for an…
The Place, London Tom Cassani outlines conjuring techniques with a beguiling routine, while Compagnie Les Vagues make a teasing performance from tiny movements Throwing shapes is expected at…
Furlough's Paradise, a 'lyrical' journey about grief, scoops award for female, transgender and non-binary playwrights The Susan Smith Blackburn prize for female, transgender and non-binary p…
Theatre Royal, Bury St EdmundsAn all-female cast deliver Tallulah Brown's play about 17th-century East Anglians under threat of the self-styled Witchfinder General The past sings to the pres…
Theatre503, London Playwright Ruth D'Silva explores cruelty and control but also kindness in a knotty drama focusing on a mother-daughter relationship 'Don't play with your food," Bernadette…
Little Angel Studios, LondonIngenious puppetry and jolly performances help animate the story about an ever-expanding indoor menagerie Many young families quickly find themselves running out …
Lynette Linton's successor at the new writing venue in west London promises to build on its bold legacy Taio Lawson has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Bush theatre in wes…
With London's West End chockful of Hollywood A-listers, crowds are thronging stage doors. But do some fans go too far? We uncover a shadowy story of joyful adulation, gobby putdowns " and en…
An anniversary show for the pride of Disney, a secret meeting of wartime leaders and a very modern Antigone are among this month's highlights Talk about the circle of life: past stars of the…
Stanley and Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsWitty compositions and appealing performances win over a young audience but the traditionally grisly tale gets lost in the woods Traditionally, Hansel…
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have created songs for a Theatreland mystery by Humphrey Ker and David Reed. We find out how they doubled up for the detective's 'gory' new case New songs by…
Unicorn theatre, LondonWinsome Pinnock adapts the story of a teenager whose heart transplant causes controversy but the comedy drowns out the issues Some set designs instantly make sense. Pa…
Plays join shortlist for prestigious international award honouring scripts by female, transgender and non-binary playwrights Plays submitted by the National Theatre, the Almeida and the Roya…
Katori Hall's culinary comedy, a heavenly Beverley Knight and English National Ballet at Royal Albert Hall are among this month's highlights More than 100 performers " including 60 dancing s…
The Crown actor and Kate Fleetwood will join Ewan McGregor in Lila Raicek's My Master Builder, inspired by Ibsen Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki, best known for playing Diana, Princess of…
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London Jordan Kai Burnett impresses in a fun, heartfelt yet tonally uneven show, co-produced by Michelle Visage In Tim Burton's 1990 fairytale, you hear Edward …
US musical will be followed by Rodgers and Hammerstein dream ballets, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses and Brigadoon Drew McOnie's inaugural season as artistic director of Regent's P…
The comedies Titanique and Here You Come Again pay homage to two superstars in quirky style. Actors Lauren Drew and Tricia Paoluccio explain what it's like to portray their idols " and take …
Lowden first appeared in David Ireland's two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his 'hero' Freeman Slow Horses star Jack Lowden is to reprise his role in …
Opera House, ManchesterA meandering musical based on the Doris Day movie delivers the sure-shot showtunes in style with a whipcracking lead in Carrie Hope Fletcher The 1953 film Calamity Jan…
The Olivier-winning star 'excited and honoured' to take the lead in the UK premiere of Marie and Rosetta, a 1940s-set two-hander from George Brant Beverley Knight is to play Sister Rosetta T…