Royal Court, LiverpoolCow jokes are heavily milked in this family-friendly show, alongside nods to the city's star turn as next year's Eurovision host Within weeks of the news that Liverpool…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickWith an excruciating clash of characters locked in a plot that is equal parts funny, sad and violent, this timeless production is as familiar as it is unsettling …
Pitlochry festival theatreMay Sumbwanyambe's drama tells the story of the man who established that slavery was forbidden by Scots law " but this is no easy celebration It is the start of May…
Pitlochry festival theatreSally Reid is superbly deadpan in this devastating production of Willy Russell's play about a woman who catches a glimpse of the life she could be living Willy Russ…
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotA crisp production tells the extraordinary real-life story of Eva Moorhead who laid the groundwork for the ANC In December 1919, dock workers in Cape Town…
Cumbernauld theatre at LanternhouseThe four actors are less interested in Wells's sci-fi fantasy than in the divisions of today as they stock up for the coming apocalypse with onions, tampon…
Tron theatre, GlasgowA hazily defined relationship makes it hard to fathom the squabbles and romance in this wordless show inspired by 1940s French cinema What's not to like? You've got Rame…
Platform, GlasgowAn exhilarating show shifts Renton, Sick Boy and pals into the acid house era " and is even more visceral than the book Perhaps you thought Trainspotting was too coy. Maybe …
Derby theatreNeil Bartlett's version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic has female leads laying bare the rot at the heart of a beastly boys' club We all love a chorus line. We love the coor…
Dundee RepThis modern-day take on Cervantes' classic novel follows the ageing Donald who has had enough of daytime television, tea and biscuits Everyone who cares for Uncle Donald has the sa…
Festival theatre, Edinburgh The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro's new history play It's a cosmopolitan place, the court of James…
Crucible, SheffieldTom Basden's new adaptation of the Italian classic brings in dodgy selfies, WhatsApp groups and the lord chief justice in a furious but funny broadside against police malp…
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolTheatre meets couples counselling as a night of wine, passion and allegations of infidelity leave two women pulling their relationship apart Jesse is on her guard.…
Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotNew playhouse kicks off with a boisterous, boundary-pushing production that is inventive enough to find fresh laughs in the mechanicals You can see how it…
Octagon theatre, BoltonThe paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult When Liesel…
Curve, LeicesterThis physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table There is nothing polite about Frantic Assembly's …
Theatre Royal, WakefieldJane Thornton and John Godber's knockabout 1985 cocktail bar comedy is updated to the cost of living crisis era, with a downsized cast doing a valiant job of keeping …
After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century When an early draft of Rona Mun…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIn a monologue starring the excellent Blythe Jandoo, Martin McCormick finds a fearful, misogynistic, class-ridden society to blame for a girl's death There is somet…
Leeds PlayhouseDenzel Westley-Sanderson's staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches On the way into the theatre there is a pop-up dis…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaking dynamic use of a sparse stage and a spinning neon sign, Atri Banerjee's adventurous production gives new shape to Tennessee Williams' play You mess with The …
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughSkipping between three generations from the 50s to the present, this occasionally poignant play pulls back from the emotional force of its concept At 83, A…
Pitlochry festival theatreSara Shaarawi's two-hander captures tenderness and sadness as the sisters negotiate the Islamic revolution, exile and betrayal Fatemeh has just introduced her siste…
Live at No 40, GlasgowDirector Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare's tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city Ephesus is quite the place. It has it…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghSergio Blanco's bad-taste drama uses deadpan humour and a tapestry of cultural allusions to probe our fixation with death In Mary Shelley's novel, Victor Franke…