Charismatic one-man performance supercharges a sci-fi love story

Hitchcock-inspired musical suffers from an identity crisis

Maxine Peake stars in a frustratingly shouty staging of John Patrick Shanley’s Catholic school play

History’s slipperiness is captured in Jonathan Church’s new staging of Robert Bolt’s Tudor tale

Alternative Christmas show is a festive hoot

Panto packed with enjoyably silly moments

One of the UK’s few purpose-built theatres for children, the Egg works with experimental fringe directors and has courted controversy with some of its thought-provoking programming, but its work is striking a chord with local kids, its director tells Rosemary Waugh

Anniversary staging of George Orwell’s classic is visually striking, but emotionally unengaging

As Exeter Northcott Theatre enters a new phase of its life in the South West, co-leaders Martin Berry, Kelly Johnson and Emma Stephenson talk to Rosemary Waugh about adopting their plans, including a return to the venue producing its own shows – starting with new play The Commotion Time

Male friendship is magnified in Iqbal Khan’s thoughtful anniversary production of Yasmina Reza’s 1990s hit

Multidisciplinary artist Monique Touko talks about her journey to the theatre director’s chair, what piques her interest and her belief in the power of physical performance

Kim Brandstrup concludes his Grecian trilogy with a brilliantly unsettling dive through the looking glass

Excellent performances from a cast including David Morrissey and Mathew Horne elevate a pair of Pinter plays that are showing their age

Clever lyrics and an expert cast make this new musical buzz

Director Emma Rice returns in full force with a bloody twist on the so-called fairytale that combines political truth and heartbreak with a new sense of purpose