Cast, DoncasterThrough the eyes of two working-class teenagers, a legendary 90s Doncaster nightclub is brought back to life in Danielle Phillips's sparky but quietly perceptive play If you w…
Cast, DoncasterA visually arresting adaptation trades Martian menace for Enoch Powell-era paranoia " technically dazzling, politically pointed, yet also confusing 'National emergency to repe…
Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave The three grownup sist…
Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje's reframing of Shakespeare's power play in 19th-century west Africa Every time the court historian turns up, he h…
In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York's venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to…
New LGBTQ+ festival included McKellen in a fiery monologue and Norton in conversation, as well as a queer ceilidh and 'kilted yoga' Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For…
Chadderton Town Hall, OldhamSet over the course of local village hall fundraiser, Jim Cartwright's play is charmingly performed and has a built-in sense of community Yesterday it was the sal…
Citizens theatre, GlasgowLewis Hetherington's reworking of the 18th-century fable is creepy and creative, serious and scary It is a rare for a family show to be both funny and spine-tingling…
The actor, who starred as a Marxist academic in the acclaimed 2006 play at the Royal Court, remembers an astonishing writer of ideas and elegance By the time I was cast in Rock'n'Roll in 200…
Dundee RepThis hazily dramatised show is full of pizzazz and features the voice of Brian Cox but in making Jack as cynical as his mum it loses the story's heart Do not be misled by the title…
Gaiety theatre, AyrA rosy-cheeks-and-spotty-socks kind of show full of generous laughs, Fraser Boyle's take on Aladdin also has several original innovations and a subversive streak Who need…
Tron theatre, Glasgow There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight's panto update of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast More than the odd pla…
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolPaul Duckworth's sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley's widow in a pun-heavy festive show Whether it's Paul Hilton at London's Old Vic this winter or…
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAll the major characters are present in Sonia Jalaly's update, but this is also a journey of self-realisation with brisk songs and cartoonish humour Most people …
Live theatre, Newcastle Jamie Eastlake's play addresses the forces pushing a young man towards the far right " and the school meals supervisor set on saving him When did society become so po…
Loading Bay, BradfordAdaptation of Fiona Mozley's novel wisely leaves the looming figure of Daddy unseen in this quasi-mythical tale of an off-grid family's doomed fight against class and ca…
Perth theatre This show aims to represent composer Irving Berlin's much-loved song in human form. But while that idea lacks coherence, the sketches and medleys are buoyantly performed The pi…
From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre Sadler's Wells East,…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghJames Brining's first production as Lyceum artistic director finds humour and humanity in a finely etched ensemble It is quite something when Caroline Quentin dominate…
Dundee RepAndrew Panton's production of the memory play gains in quiet domestic realism what it loses in unhinged vitriol Christopher Jordan-Marshall breathes the evening into life. Gliding …
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowIn this new musical, a bitter performer is visited by her sparkling younger self and confronts her disappointments Imagine spending a career wanting to play the lead …
Traverse, Edinburgh The 2011 book about a mother's struggle to pursue a career while looking after her children becomes a very routine drama Novelist Sarah Moss has expressed surprise at the…
Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowKaty Nixon's unsettling play explores the shadowy rules adolescents live by as friends navigate manipulation, secrets and the pressures of conforming There is an unex…
Tron theatre, Glasgow Uma Nada-Rajah writes with polemical force from firsthand experience of a health system on its knees A black hole sign is the dark area of a CT …
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough In our polarised times, this is a generous look at a friendship between an enigmatic young man and a grieving widower Adrian Prosper is a no-nonsense kind…