The festival has plenty of returning heroes, from Nina Conti to Nick Mohammed. Here are 10 shows our critics praised In cult clown duo Xhloe and Natasha's two-hander, we are swiftly in the U…
London PalladiumZegler excels as Eva Perón and the crowds outside are used to capture the hypnotic appeal of populism but the narrative takes a backseat in his staging of Andrew Lloyd Web…
Swan theatre, Stratford upon Avon A sharp new version of Somerset Maugham's 1926 tale of adultery is led by the Game of Thrones star and includes a jazz score by Jamie Cullum Anyone awaiting…
After being pulled from the wreckage, she spent months learning how to speak again. Now, 20 years on, Hicks is performing her beloved jazz standards on stage " and remembering those who save…
A sensational Broadway recording, an electrifying Liza Minnelli documentary and King and 'Queen' Lear It's billed as a play not a musical but Stereophonic, the US hit now in London, has some…
The Oscar winner will appear alongside Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough when they play the same character at different ages in Tracy Letts' play Mary Page Marlowe Susan Sarandon is to make h…
Astrolabe stageWith his father in jail, Frayn learned tricks to save himself from bullies throwing him in a wheelie bin. After years of 'hustling' and Snoop Dogg-endorsed stardom, the magici…
Desiree Burch returns, Bridget Christie drops in and Toussaint Douglass flies while Joe Kent-Walters goes beyond the grave and Jazz Emu has a midlife crisis It's six years since Desiree Burc…
The standup on surviving heart failure, gigging on cruise ships and how a Tom Hanks gag saved him from his worst heckle What's your new show about?My biggest fear was dying on stage and then…
Not even 30, I was spending more and more of my life in the same few places with the same few friends. Then came an invitation to something new I take a calming breath, then step up to the m…
Malta festival, PolandThis updating of Agnieszka Holland's 1981 film about a struggling single mother suggests life under capitalist consumerism is no easier than it was under communism Agni…
Leeds PlayhouseChris O'Connor's comedy-drama unites a paean to former Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa with the story of a married couple living with dementia during the club's promotion season …
Public art project The Herds is passing through capital on 20,000km journey from Congo Basin to Arctic Circle, inspiring climate action The animals went into the West End, not quite two by t…
Tron theatre, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell's monologue about a dog walker moves from lighthearted to maudlin as it evokes a world in limbo A few blocks down the road on Argyle Street, a stall is p…
Stara Rzeźnia, PoznaÅ„This outdoor offering, part homage and part reimagining of Shakespeare's text, has visual spectacle, a magnificent score and a cast undeterred by an actual storm …
Bristol Old VicSeiriol Davies' musical biography of Edwardian aristocrat Henry Cyril Paget is crammed with wit but its subject remains enigmatic 'Regrettably," sings Henry Cyril Paget, "very…
Soho theatre, LondonThere is crackling chemistry in Harrison David Rivers' two-hander starring Omari Douglas and Alexander Lincoln There are never just two people in a room, or two voices in…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonSamira Wiley is superb as a corset-maker who embroiders dreams for herself and others in Lynette Linton's tremendous production Lynn Nottage's 2003 play explores what…
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Almeida theatre, LondonRebecca Frecknall's usually bold directorial hand seems stilled in a glacially paced revival co-starring Michael Shannon and David Threlfall Rebecca Frecknall has give…
Get ready for gravity-defying acrobats, electrically stimulated dancers and a punk ballet take on Mary, Queen of Scots The Quebec company We All Fall Down got good word-of-mouth at last year…
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Sadler's Wells, LondonPete Townshend's tragic story of teenage angst returns to the stage in a visceral dance production full of the original's swagger and bravado The Quadrophenia era might…
Sadler's Wells East, London Circling between quiet sparse scenes and amazing bursts of movement, this is an intense hour from an artist really hitting his stride Sometimes choreographers use…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonLuke Brady is the hero navigating between godliness and humanness in a show that's big on booming numbers yet short on emotion Four years ago, Disney brought …