The Mirror Crack’d – The Mill at Sonning ★★★
The Mill at Sonning impresarios Sally Hughes and Adam Rolston bring Agatha Christie’s murder mystery ‘The Mirror Crack’d’ to their lovely dinner theatre this autumn.
Drama (UK Regional and Touring)
Handbagged – Stephen Joseph Theatre ★★★★
Moira Buffini imagines the behind-closed-door clashes between Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II in ‘Handbagged’
The Cherry Orchard at the RSC ★★★
‘The Cherry Orchard’ is a timeless tale of the human reluctance to change.
Shear Madness – The Mill at Sonning ★★★★
Sally Hughes brings Pörtner’s hair-brained criminal sitcom ‘Shear Madness’ to The Mill at Sonning’s dinner theatre this summer.
Brassed Off – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★★
Featuring live music from local brass bands, Leeds Playhouse revives ‘Brassed Off’ on stage thirty years after the film won people’s hearts
The Corinthian – A Play, A Pie and A Pint ★★★★
Joe McCann’s ‘The Corinthian’ reveals the story of the world’s first Black international footballer
The Long Drop ★★★
Denise Mina’s The Long Drop explores the crimes of Peter Manuel, the ‘Beast of Birkenshaw’, one of Scotland’s most notorious serial killers
Atonement – Chichester Festival Theatre ★★★★
Ian McEwan’s classic novel, ‘Atonement’, comes to the stage for the first time in this adept adaptation.
RSC’s The Tempest ★★★★
Stars align and applause is thunderous as Richard Eyre makes his directorial debut at The RSC
Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil ★★★
Family and football coincide in Gary McNair’s brand-new stage adaptation of Ron Ferguson’s beloved book ‘Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil’