Thursford Collection, NorfolkA fever-dream of outrageous talent and suffocating joy, this extravaganza must be seen to be believed, albeit just the once I close my eyes and can see only sequ…
Transgressive, intimidating and smeared with ketchup, the performer loves to give audiences more than they've bargained for " from an X-rated Jesus to a bare Boudicca Lucy McCormick pulls he…
Pleasance, LondonTheir tongues firmly in their cheeks, Figs in Wigs' boisterous parody ranges from pun-filled comedy skits to cocktail-making in hazmat suits You probably won't remember the…
Union theatre, LondonCliche-drenched lyrics and a lightweight storyline put a cork in the emotional reckoning at this unremarkable story's heart Empty bottles dangle from the ceiling in this…
Boulevard theatre, LondonOn a set that looks like an abandoned attic, four characters sing of love, loss and bears, in Dave Malloy's unearthly song cycle Working its way through myth, magic …
The Kiln, LondonFor all its good intentions, Anupama Chandrasekhar's play about patriarchal violence against women in India relies too heavily on shock I want to shed my skin and scoop out m…
Tobacco Factory, BristolA party feel in the first half of Elizabeth Freestone's production slumps like a hangover when Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Geoffrey Lumb are off-stage Dorothea Myer-Ben…
Bristol Old VicA strong poetic lead and fine support can't make this meandering new adaptation anything more than a slog 'That was mercifully short," one actor jokingly sneers, after the aud…
Leeds PlayhouseThe murderer is never named in Charley Miles's furious, funny play about women in Leeds between 1975-80 With a panoramic sense of empathy, Charley Miles' heated play sees the …
Southbank Centre, LondonOur era of buffoonish leadership is brilliantly skewered in Forced Entertainment's mimed maelstrom of aggression Sweaty, sad and stupidly funny, Forced Entertainment'…
New Oxford Street, LondonIn an elaborate game of hide and seek, you have to avoid the marauding undead " but the fear and the fun soon fizzle out A hand grabs my ankle and a veiny arm slips …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonTalking over each other, getting the audience to choose the ending: Bert and Nasi's new show may look scrappy but it's highly relevant Maybe it's a state-of-the-…
Crucible, SheffieldTobi Bamtefa gives a swaggering, thundering performance as the dictator Idi Amin, but this adaptation of Giles Foden's novel is stodgy and plodding Swaggering and lumberin…
Wiltons Music Hall, London The affecting tale of Jews escaping persecution to find new beginnings in Canada a century ago is a rollicking piece of folk music theatre Old Stock is a pleasantl…
Dominion theatre, LondonJay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh have chemistry in the lead roles but this revival is flat and insipid, and the story's sexual politics are still a problem For a sh…
Surrey House, Goldsmiths College, LondonA two-night stay in a simulated care home, recreated with exceptional intricacy, probes the line between care and control I urinate into the cup and …
Minerva theatre, ChichesterA woman's withering agency is examined through nostalgia and regret, in Cordelia Lynn's rewrite of the tragedy Cordelia Lynn's bleak, modern-day rewrite of Hedda G…
When the curtain falls on a marionette's show, they're put out to pasture, given a facelift " or turned into burglar deterrents 'This thing is alive, this thing is alive, this thing is alive…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghIn a thrilling piece of theatre, a grieving woman immerses herself in quotidian distractions oblivious to three dancers who invade her space Complex, raw and ins…
Summerhall, EdinburghBert and Nasi's ramshackle duet explores the end of the world and of their relationship in tender, silly, heart-rending style As doomsday draws near, this impossibly bea…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghTeddy Lamb untangles the difficulties of relationships in a bold monologue that is bursting with love The ache of lost time is contained in this delicate monologue gr…
Summerhall, EdinburghEmma Frankland plays a winged guide to a burning world in this charged and vulnerable piece about fighting for one's survival This is a play of knives and fireballs. Mar…
Summerhall, EdinburghJulia Croft's performance art piece takes you from the edge of a black hole to the eye of the hurricane in The Wizard of Oz. It's all very confusing The stars lie by our…
Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole's latest show started off exploring Brexit, then turned darker. No wonder they hand beer to the audience and down shots on stage To try and win the lott…
A trio of performers " Harry Clayton-Wright, Louise Orwin and Rachel Mars " grapple with sexuality in disarming ways Edinburgh's collective pulse has been raised over the course of the fring…