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Little Lupin The Tragic and Disturbing Tale of Little Lupin
2 stars
Old vic, Bristol
Inventive backstage promenade production designed and directed by Luci Gorell Barnes.
Beyond Beyond The Frontline
4 stars
Lowry, Salford
Slung Low explore modern warfare via an open air and interactive theatrical experiment.
My Life with the Dogs My Life With the Dogs
4 stars
Tobacco Factory, Bristol
NIE's vibrant, physical staging, based on the true tale of a young Russian boy who spent two years living with wild dogs.
East is East East is East
4 stars
Birmingham Rep, Birmingham
A revival of Ayub Khan-Din's semi-autobiographical comedy at the theatre where it was first staged.
My Mother My Mother Said I Never Should
3 stars
Palace Theatre, Watford
A revival of Charlotte Keatley’s 1987 play about four generations of women from the same family.
The Miser The Miser
4 stars
Royal Exchange, Manchester
Derek Griffiths stars in an engergetic staging of Moliere's comedy.
Midsummer Midsummer
4 stars
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
David Greig's uplifting 'play with songs', a love story set on the rain-lashed streets of Edinburgh.
Lilly Through the Dark Lilly Through The Dark
3 stars
Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
A young girl searches for her father in the River People's moving fairy tale for grown ups.
The 14th Tale The 14th Tale
3-5 stars
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Inua Ellam's lyrical and rhythmic spoken word show describes a childhood growing up in Nigeria, London and Dublin.
Orphans Orphans
4 stars
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Dennis Kelly's taut three-hander about an act of violence in a near dystopian 'us' and 'them' world.
Precious Little Talent Precious Little Talent
4 stars
Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Ella Hickson's follow up to Eight is a well-judged three-hander about an English girl in New York.
Crush Crush
3-5 stars
Underbelly, Edinburgh
Paul Charlton's two-hander about relationship breakdown in the internet age.
The Hotel The Hotel
4 stars
Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh
Mark Watson and the Invisible Dot present a uniquely immersive comedy experience thing.
Nostalgia Accidental Nostalgia
3 stars
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Cynthia Hopkins blends music and storytelling in a meditation on suppressed memories.
The Event If That's All There Is
3 stars
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Reality and fantasy blur in Inspector Sands' new piece about the pursuit of the perfect
Rhys Darby It's Rhys Darby Night
3-5 stars
Udderbelly, Edinburgh
Band meeting: Flight of the Conchords' hapless manager brings his sold-out solo show to the Fringe.
Party Party
3 stars
Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
Tim Key stars in Tom Basden's comedy about a group of students attempting to form a political party.
The Event The Event
4 stars
Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
David Calvitto stars in John Clancy's meta-theatrical monologue.
Sue My Name is Sue
4 stars
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Dafydd James plays the cardigan-wearing, pill-popping Sue in this quirky mini-musical.
Land Without Words Land Without Words
3 stars
Just The Tonic @ The Caves, Edinburgh
Lucy Ellinson stars in German playwright Dea Loher's play about an artist's response to war.
Beachy Head Beachy Head
3 stars
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Analogue's inventive but distant multimedia production about one man's decision to end his life.
Slender Means The Girls of Slender Means
2 stars
Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
Stellar Quines' stage adaptation of Muriel Spark's wartime-set novel of 1963.
Sweet Sweet
3 stars
C, Edinburgh
Chotto Ookii's non-rom-com is a visually inventive piece of physical theatre.
Pythonesque Pythonesque
3 stars
Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh
James Lance stars in Roy Smiles' entertaining account of the Life of Python.
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd: His Life, Times and Execution!
4 stars
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
Not Sondheim, rather an inventive retelling of the Sweeney Todd story through puppetry, mime and music.
Hugh Hughes Hugh Hughes in...360
3-5 stars
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
New solo story-telling show from Hoi Polloi's 'emerging artist from Anglesey'.
Latitude Certain Dark Things
4 stars
Underbelly, Edinburgh
Our Edinburgh coverage kicks off with an atmospheric devised piece from You Need Me.
Latitude Latitude Festival - Comedy Highlights
4 stars
Henham Park, Suffolk
Janeane Garofalo, Ed Byrne and Mark Thomas were among those on the bill at this year's Latitude.
Latitude Latitude Festival - Theatre, Poetry, Literature and Dance
4 stars
Henham Park, Suffolk
Theatre, poetry and all the other stuff from the 'Radio 4 festival.'
Young at Heart Young@Heart Chorus
-5 stars
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Performers aged from 73 to 89 feature in End of the Road at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Winner Everybody Loves a Winner
4 stars
Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Manchester International Festival continues with Neil Bartlett's bingo hall play.
It Felt Like a Kiss It Felt Like a Kiss
4 stars
Hardman Square, Manchester
The Manchester International Festival begins with a collaboration between Punchdrunk and Adam Curtis.
Lost Monsters Lost Monsters
5 stars
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Joe McGann and Rebecca Ryan star in Laurence Wilson's gripping new play.
View From The Bridge A View From The Bridge
4 stars
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Lindsay Posner's acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's play goes on tour.
Winslow Boy The Winslow Boy
4 stars
Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames
Timothy West and Adrian Lukis star in Terence Rattigan's still pertinent play about justice.
Playboy of the Western World Playboy of the Western World
5 stars
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Nuanced staging of J.M Synge's 1907 play by Galway's Druid Theatre.
Cyrano Cyrano de Bergerac
4 stars
Festival Theatre, Chichester
Joseph Fiennes dons a false nose for Edmond Rostand's romantic tragicomedy.
The BFG The BFG
4 stars
Palace Theatre, Watford
Lively touring production of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel.
Brief Encounter Brief Encounter
3 stars
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Following a successful West End run, Kneehigh's staging of the classic British film goes on tour.
Dark Materials His Dark Materials
3 stars
Birmingham Rep
Rachel Kavanaugh and Sarah Esdaile direct an epic two part staging of Philip Pullman's trilogy.
Billy Wonderful Billy Wonderful
3 stars
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Nick Leather's fast-paced coming of age story about a young footballer.
The Tempest The Tempest
4 stars
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
Anthony Sher and John Kani star in a RSC co-production with South Africa's Baxter Theatre.
Hounding of David Oluwale The Hounding of David Oluwale
4 stars
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Eclipse Theatre stages Kester Aspden's book about police persecution in the 1960s.
Othello Othello
3 stars
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Lenny Henry tackles Shakespeare in a production by Northern Broadsides.
Propeller A Midsummer Night's Dream
3 stars
Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames
Propeller's all male staging of Shakespeare's comedy goes on tour.
The Price The Price
4 stars
Playhouse, Liverpool
Giles Croft directs a resonant staging of Arthur Miller's play.
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OFF WEST END: A revival of Bryony Lavery's Origin of the Species at the Arcola

BOSTON: The Boston premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone at Lyric Stage

OFF WEST END: Clare Higgins plays psychoanalyst Melanie Klein at the Almeida

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