Home, ManchesterWriter-director Yusra Warsama relocates The House of Bernarda Alba from AndalucÃa to Manchester What imprisons the characters of Federico GarcÃa Lorca's The House of Be…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterModern-day version casts Tennessee Williams's steamy melodrama in a new light, with a focus on the corruptibility of wealth Roy Alexander Weise does not overtly cha…
Nottingham PlayhouseSamson Hawkins's debut is part Jerusalem part This Country, bringing big laughs while asking serious questions about identity nostalgia and modernity Is it too soon to jo…
Belgrade theatre, CoventryMojisola Adebayo's play connects Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used in decades of vital scientific research, with the Black Lives Matter movement 'I am a farm,"…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghKatie Posner directs a high-voltage cast in playwright Ahlam's politically charged portrayal of a group of teens coming of age in post-Arab spring Cairo We view moment…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolThe drama of women trying to get ahead in Thatcher's Britain is played with kitsch period detail that can distract from its still-relevant story Some plays go thro…
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotThis cartoonish update of Shakespeare's reunion tale, gleefully mixing in Madonna and modern language, has a great sense of fun The Wars of the Roses are …
Live theatre, NewcastleIn 1996, campaigners in the north-east are watching their values being written out of Labour politics. But at least Kevin Keegan seems to be winning Tony Blair is on t…
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleIn Alfie Heffer's frightening play, theatregoers become recruitment reps as a candidate is put through her paces In the late 1800s, Frederick Winslow Taylor set …
Home, ManchesterThe star performs with a musician's sense of rhythm in this alternately arch and elegiac piece by Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel about a bereaved brother attempting to reconn…
Northern Stage, NewcastleThe family front room becomes a battleground in Anders Lustgarten's play of ideas about class, politics and compassion At some point between the decline of British i…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghZinnie Harris's reworking has Macbeth's wife driving the plot, rationalising a grisly campaign, while he becomes unbalanced by their murderous path To summon up witch…
Tron theatre, GlasgowFour girls gather around a pentangle in Maryam Hamidi's punchy and poetic new play, which captures the vulnerability of adolescence When you see the gang of teenagers wh…
Dundee RepCinders is a hard-working and independent-minded farmer while her prince is an environmental engineering student in Lynda Radley's cheerful reworking You can see why Lynda Radley w…
King's theatre, GlasgowKathryn Rooney's slick production has flawless comic banter and lavish dance routines, providing impressive festive entertainment It is tempting to grumble about the s…
Hull Truck theatre, HullScrooge not only exploits Bob Cratchit but cruelly cuts him out of the conversation in this innovative, satisfying production Jack Lord is the meanest of Scrooges. To…
Derby theatreRatty, Mole and the rest are subtly portrayed in this tuneful production of Kenneth Grahame's classic They are a timid lot, the creatures in Trina Haldar's staging of The Wind i…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeLewis Carroll's fantastical classic is transposed into the world of stage magic in this gloriously hallucinatory show Forget about rabbit holes and mirro…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolThe eponymous fairytale does not lend itself easily to panto " requiring some princely interference " but the cast is exuberant We are deep into act two when we fi…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickMary Norton's 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears When Suella Braverman talked about an …
Tron theatre, GlasgowJohnny McKnight's irreverent and very funny panto is full of local colour and packed with put-downs " though never at the expense of the original film Hollywood repeat…
Perth theatreThe beanstalk in Barrie Hunter's jolly, tightly choreographed and on-message show is actually a fossil fuel mountain, and the giant is a massive polluter The temperature is risi…
Pitlochry Festival theatreThis wholesome adaptation, featuring a preening Captain Hook, focuses on playroom fun in a beautifully designed production Captain Hook looks as if he has stepped o…
Coliseum, OldhamWhile younger audience members will find plenty to shout about, the classic story struggles to take shape as a panto We could certainly do with a bit of stealing from the ric…
Live theatre, NewcastleRic Renton's raw four-hander is an enthralling study of male vulnerability with a deeply felt message for the justice system That Ric Renton's gripping new play has th…