A young female rapper battles to blaze a trail through a male-dominated field, in this crowd-pleasing theatre/club-night mash-up that explores the history of grime music

Laugh-along musical about intergenerational acceptance and the everyday trials of a classic nuclear family

Funny, high-octane musical-cum-documentary about the impact of Section 28

John Lithgow stars as Roald Dahl in an electrifying mix of fact and fiction

Compelling, rough-and-tumble revival of Patrick Marber’s tragicomedy about poker-table machismo, compulsion and disappointment

F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic story of dashed American dreams becomes an impressive glitzy romcom musical in Marc Bruni’s production

Authentic tribute to the extensive repertoire of seminal Irish folk band the Dubliners

Riveting comedy drama focusing on a pivotal moment in the career of iconic Black actor Sidney Poitier

Uneven acrobatic spectacular based on the world’s most translated novella

Trevor Nunn directs a lively period piece starring Brian Cox as JS Bach at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

Bravely eccentric two-hander about Mary Todd Lincoln, Civil War-era first lady of the United States

Intoxicating, eclectic musical about a young countess’ seduction and ruin at the hands of morally bankrupt 19th-century Muscovite aristocracy

Compelling collision of shocking first-hand recollections and hilarious original songs from a solo performer coming to terms with the extreme highs and lows of her past

Trashy and amusing peek behind the dressing room doors of waning Hollywood stars and alleged rivals Bette Davis and Joan Crawford