Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe story of sexual awakening in the second world war could be happening today in this clever production of Rita Kalnejais's 2017 play Rita Kalnejais's 2017 pla…
Holyrood Park, EdinburghThis open-air performance brings together a multi-generational company celebrating release from pandemic confinement When your stage is the size of a football pitch a…
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costs Before she was even accepted into one of the country's most pres…
Summerhall, EdinburghTrevor Lock uses audience participation to satisfy our yearning for community in a show that prioritises connection over action What did we miss most during the pandemic…
Kitchen discos and archive performances kept us going " but being stuck at home made me pine for a full house In the early months of the pandemic, as the survival instinct of the live arts c…
Theatr Clywd, MoldLetting the audience choose props and costumes adds both absurd and affecting possibilities to this selection of 15 new short plays Directed by Theatr Clwyd's artistic dire…
The ex-Inbetweener's new work-in-progress standup show, about breaking beyond being typecast, has a self-lacerating character The maladroit comic parlaying their anxiety into humour is as ol…
Glasgow-based choreographer Mele Broomes' intelligence stands out amid the cascade of online dance and circus offerings from this year's festival Watching recorded dance on your laptop at ho…
Thirty years ago, fresh out of drama school, the Homeland star found himself in the midst of a breakdown, ending up in a locked hospital ward. He recalls the years of racial abuse that had p…
Traverse 1, Edinburgh; Newhailes House and Gardens, Musselburgh; Pleasance; Assembly Roxy, EdinburghDomhnall Gleeson is outstanding in Enda Walsh's revelatory new play about attitudes to men…
Old College Quad, EdinburghKatharine Mehrling delivers the German master's songs in ravishing style, accompanied with restraint by pianist Barrie Kosky We're nearing the end of a medley from…
Edinburgh international festival; available onlineUplifting and full of hope, catch these four tremendous films by dance-makers from Rio, Soweto, Beirut and Edinburgh while you can The Edinb…
Gillian Lynne theatre; Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonAndrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, sparkily scripted by Emerald Fennell, goes to the ball at last. And Carousel gets a salty rewo…
Available onlineGregor Samsa's sudden bodily dislocation becomes a means of exploring digital-era dilemmas in Hijinx's irreverent adaptation A few days before the first lockdown, Glasgow's V…
Royal Court, LondonDutch singer Wende performs songs conceived by playwrights " on topics from bloody battles to online dating " with magnetism and a talent for storytelling In this glorious…
Pleasance theatre, LondonThe real joy of this tale of three working-class friends scheming to save a local hospital lies in its bold, energetic storytelling Writer Amy Guyler has deftly cons…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghOn an hour-long circuit guided by headphones, graffiti, sculptures and shops wheedle their way into the dialogue If this were a regular show it would be something …
Nikki Kenward had a troubled childhood with little opportunity for play. But in her 60s she entered the world of the circus, where 'anything goes and anything is possible' When Nikki Kenward…
Edinburgh international festivalIn a socially distanced grand marquee, Valery Gergiev and the string players of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra were joined by pianist Steven Osborne Af…
Arcola Outside, LondonLuke Stapleton's story of two lonely men finding comfort in one another is a gem " so it's a shame it's obscured by loud music, drama school-isms and cliche Scab gnaws …
Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghAngelina Chudi gives a powerful performance as she tackles the contradictory, confusing experience of meeting an abuser We've all done it. You bump into a signifi…
Theatre on the Downs, BristolClear in its message and the targets of its take-downs, this play's rhetoric is persuasive but it leaves you yearning for more Performed in Bristol's new pop-up …
Gillian Lynne theatre, London Bewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber's terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrives Delayed by a year because of the pandemic, a…
Sean's crazily funny gags reminded me why I got into comedy " his dry humour was always balanced with his wide-eyed wonder at the world ' Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58 Sean was maybe a yea…
Trafalgar theatre, LondonThe doo-wop musical returns to the West End: a cracking true tale of mob connections, bad debts, prison spells and soaring success, with a seemingly endless catalogu…