The best theatre and dance shows this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook and Judith Mackrell

Strictly Ballroom | Bollywood Jack | Sweet Charity | Peter Pan | Cinderella | Annie Get Your Gun | Saint Joan | Simon Callow | The Siege Of Christmas | Black Beauty | The Nutcracker | The Wo…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Good People, Never Try This At Home, Tyne: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Good People | Never Try This At Home | Tyne | Of Mice And Men, | Hairspray | Urinetown " The MusicalGood People, LondonThis week sees Oscar nominee and Olivier award-winner Imelda Staunton r…

Carthage, Blink, Vault Festival: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Carthage | Blink | Vault Festival | The Table | Twelfth Night | A Midsummer Night's Dream & The Comedy Of ErrorsCarthage, LondonIt's a busy and fruitful time for the Finborough Theatre, whic…

Spanish Golden Age, West Side Story, Mr & Mrs Moon: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Rapture, Blister, Burn | West Yorkshire Playhouse new season | Spanish Golden Age season | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mr & Mrs Moon | West Side StoryRapture, Blister, Burn, LondonJust a…

Edith In The Dark, That Day We Sang, The El Train: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Edith In The Dark | That Day We Sang | The El Train | The Brontës Of Dunwich Heath... And Cliff | Fortune's Fool | Wendy And Peter PanEdith In The Dark, HarrogateThe panto season is now i…

In The Next Room, Beauty And The Beast, Gastronauts: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

In The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play | Beauty And The Beast | Gastronauts | The Adventures Of Pinocchio | Robin Hood | The MoneyIn The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play, LondonIf you've been…

Our Ajax, Tartuffe, Domestic: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Our Ajax | Tartuffe | Domestic | Wilful Forgetting | Strangers On A Train | In DoggerlandOur Ajax, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker had her biggest theatrical successes in the late 80s and early…

Richard II, Landscapes II, Raving: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Richard II, Landscapes II, Raving, Hecuba, The Opinion Makers, London Festival Of CabaretRichard II, Stratford upon AvonHeading to London's Barbican Theatre after its Stratford run, this maj…

The Winter's Tale, The Noise, Perfect Nonsense: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Winter's Tale | The Noise | Tonypandemonium | The Love Girl & The Innocent | Perfect Nonsense | Long Day's Journey Into NightThe Winter's Tale, SheffieldShakespeare's heart-breaking late…

The Kidderminster Affair, Tosca, Eh Joe: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Kidderminster Affair | Tosca | Eh Joe | A Little Hotel On The Side | The Tragedy Of Coriolanus | Bonnie And ClydeThe Kidderminster Affair, ScarboroughIt's turning into a busy summer for …

The Boy Who Cried Wolf!; Barnum; Daytona: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Boy Who Cried Wolf! | Barnum | Daytona | All's Well That Ends Well | A Season In The Congo | Cyrano de BergeracThe Boy Who Cried Wolf!, BristolLooking beyond your own four walls is a wis…

Some Other Mother, Let The Right One In, Bracken Moor: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Some Other Mother | Two's Company Festival | Let The Right One In | Bracken Moor | Sweet Bird Of Youth | Pulse FestivalTwo's Company festival, HarrogateIn an attempt to adapt in a challengin…

Strange Interlude, Paradise Lost, The Dug Out: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Strange Interlude | The Shop Of Little Horrors | Paradise Lost | New Season at Theatre By The Lake | The Dug Out | Spark children's art festivalStrange Interlude, LondonAt previous stagings …

These Shining Lives, Knee Deep, Mayfest: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

To Kill A Mockingbird | Knee Deep | These Shining Lives | Live Witness | Mayfest | Say It With FlowersTo Kill A Mockingbird, LondonIn 2011, the Open Air Theatre season in Regent's Park looke…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Jumpers For Goalposts | The Two Gentlemen Of Verona | The Life And Sort Of Death Of Eric Argyle | The Thrill Of Love | Behaviour 2013A Day In The Death Of Joe…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Noises Off | Smack Family Robinson | Quiz Show | Before The Party | The Bloody Ballad | Rogue HerriesNoises Off, BathThe Old Vic had a big hit with its revival of Michael Frayn's backstage c…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Steptoe And Son | The Victorian In The Wall | Forever House | Once | Hamlet | The ArrivalSteptoe And Son, LondonAfter tackling such classics as Brief Encounter and The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Fences | A Chorus Line | My Perfect Mind | The Thrill Of Love | Piaf | The Tailor-Made ManFences, BathComic turned actor Lenny Henry followed in some impressive footsteps when he tackled Oth…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Quartermaine's Terms | Frankenstein | The London International Mime Festival | Firing BlanksQuartermaine's Terms, BrightonFresh from his Olympic opening ceremony triumph and in a distinct ch…

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Viva Forever! | Cinderella | Hello, Dolly! | Merrily We Roll Along | You With Me | The Wind In The WillowsHello, Dolly!, LeicesterSome of Broadway's finest have starred in Jerry Herman's mus…

This week's new theatre and dance by Judith Mackrell, Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Gulliver's Travels, EdinburghRomanian director Silviu Purcarete put on a very showy Faust at the 2009 Edinburgh International festival " a spectacular and seductive performance of Goethe's m…

This week's new theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook, Judith Mackrell

In Water I'm Weightless, CardiffA terrific cast of deaf and differently abled performers has been assembled for this National Theatre of Wales production, written by the brilliant Kaite O'Re…

This week's new theatre and dance by Judith Mackrell, Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

1936, LondonThe Olympics have often been a political target, and none more so than the Berlin games of 1936, dominated by Hitler and the black American athlete Jesse Owens. In Tom McNab's pl…