In pictures: Seven days on stage: Sep 30 - Oct 5

At BAC in London, Punchdrunk's The Masque of the Red Death takes visitors on a macabre mystery tour. This site-specific piece is inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Michael Billington thought The Masque of the Red Death "eerily embodies Poe's twilit world of madness, cruelty and premature confinement" but added that the piece "leaves the heart and mind untouched". Photograph: Tristram Kenton

For Lyn Gardner, The Masque of the Red Death is the theatrical event of the year. In a Guardian arts blog, she urged audiences to go with "stout shoes and a stout heart" - and to watch out for BAC's house cat, which takes a supporting role. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At London's Southbank Centre, Lemi Ponifasio's Requiem was a highlight of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre). In an arts blog, Carole Woddis celebrated a mesmerising, beguiling, irritating and holy experience. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Noel Coward's Present Laughter has opened on the National Theatre's Lyttelton stage. The play stars Alex Jennings as a philandering matinee idol and Sarah Woodward as his long-suffering secretary. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Hofesh Shechter's In Your Rooms was presented at Sadler's Wells this week. The work has grown in scale and ambition since it was first staged earlier this year. Judith Mackrell found it an "arrestingly powerful piece". Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At the Tricycle in Kilburn, Moonlight and Magnolias imagines what might have happened during the eleventh-hour rewrites for Gone with the Wind. The play finds producer David O Selznick and director Victor Fleming acting out scenes from the book for script doctor Ben Hecht. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Lyn Gardner enjoyed Moonlight and Magnolias: "Frankly, my dears, you will give a damn because Hutchinson's script displays the smart, old-fashioned wit of a 1940s screwball comedy." Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Adapted by Caryl Phillips from Simon Schama's book about the slave trade, Rough Crossings is "epic theatre" at the Lyric Hammersmith, thought Michael Billington. The production features a performance from soprano Miranda Colchester. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant's multimedia collaboration was one of the most anticipated performances at this year's Dance Umbrella, which has an extraordinary lineup including a duet with a mechanical digger. Photograph: Tristram Kenton