Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLucy McCormick rips up the rulebook with Post Popular, a hedonistic history lesson that is trashy, volatile ... and honest Utterly indelicate and completely unp…
Underbelly, EdinburghBarrel Organ are on the trail of something in this bewildering piece of devised theatre, but something's not right My notes are full of question marks. In a retreat from…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghOn display like a bust in a museum, Breffni Holahan is superb in this Beckettian monologue by Margaret Perry Breffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
King's Head, LondonA tentative tale of lesbian love is unengaging, but the fraught story of a cross-dressing queen and a sailor is shattering and compelling★★☆☆â˜�…
Secret location, LondonBest experienced in a group, this immersive dining experience is exquisitely designed - if the food seems an afterthought As a hairy monster swells towards me in its …
She unleashed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Edinburgh fringe. The former actor with the Midas touch tells us her recipe for a hit show 'We had wine. It was late." Producer Francesca Moody shru…
The sun shines on the revels at Shakespeare's Globe, while cruelty and creepiness rule at Regent's Park Open Air theatre The modern-dress mechanicals look ready to rave in Sean Holmes' over-…
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon A melancholic exploration of music and love changes key to explore astrology and the occult The first half of Robin French's Crooked Dances is a love let…
Various venues, LondonRobotic alien puppets ran riot in south London to open a festival that tackled issues of gender, disability, race and Brexit Stories are scattered like confetti across …
Roundhouse, LondonThis festival gives voice to up-and-coming performers, from poetry slam winner Rakaya Esime Fetuga to the painfully funny Jack Rooke The Last Word festival is a celebration…
London PalladiumThe exhilarating comedian known for her hit Netflix series puts on an addictive night of comedy and song American comedian Rachel Bloom gets musical theatre tropes drunk and …
Shakespeare's Globe, London Jealousy and lechery divert the idle rich in Elle While's production of the Shakespeare romcom, but well-dressed schemings lack chemistry Director Elle While plac…
New Diorama, LondonAn abundance of wit and one-liners can't make up for the lack of directorial focus in SpitLip's antiwar satire With whip-smart humour and a stellar soundtrack, SpitLip tra…
Various locations, GlasgowThis performance art festival serves up brazen tests of audience exploitation, a TV sleepover and feminist futurism How much would you have to be paid to make a foo…
Chronic fatigue has left Amy Rosa 'watching life through glass'. Her new show urges viewers to make vulnerability a radical act 'We're not taught how to process difficult emotions," says per…
They were a couple doing a performance about women, sex and bodily fluids. Then they broke up " and made it more explicit. Meet the duo behind Hotter The pants arrived today. They're bright …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonMichelle Terry is revelatory as Hotspur and Sarah Amankwah makes a majestic Henry in a valiant if uneven trilogy 'A good heart," says Shakespeare's Henry V, "is th…
The Warren, BrightonFrom nappy challenges to a grotesque clown show about carehomes, this year's theatre festival is full of surprises The two performers rush behind the vulva-esque velvet c…
Exeter NorthcottIt's all for one and one for all in an enthusiastic if haphazard riot of dad jokes, dodgy accents and gleeful gallivanting The cast of The Three Musketeers tell us they have …
Barbican, LondonPeake's anguished Woman goes through six rounds of fertility treatment in Julia Leigh's adaptation of her own memoir As part of the Barbican's first Fertility Fest, Julia Lei…
New Diorama, London Jesse Fox's play about the perils of surveillance is at its best when observing the bond between sparring siblings What makes technology scary are the unknowns: our inabi…
Derby theatreThe tales of Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera are inventively staged with integrated sign language and a community cast Accessibility is too often treated as an afterthought in theatr…
Above the Stag theatre, LondonChoreographer Jack Cole's vitality is lost in Liam Burke's play that tackles issues of ownership of women's bodies All high kicks and hip swings, Jack Cole's d…
Liz Richardson's new show explores the transformative qualities of a freezing cold dip. She takes us to the source of her inspiration 'I want to jump in right now," says Liz Richardson. She …
Bristol Old VicA spider-like central performance dominates a production that offers charm, hi-tech excess and a spattering of bodily fluids Tom Mothersdale's Richard III licks, spits and bit…