Monday
You are unlikely to go wrong with Blanche McIntyre’s revival of Emlyn Williams’s Accolade, which opens at the St James theatre, London, tonight. Fevered Sleep are a really terrific company and their latest show for four- to seven-year-olds, Dusk, is at the Young Vic this week, where you can also still catch Katie Mitchell’s emotionally acute take on The Cherry Orchard. Kate Tempest’s Hopelessly Devoted stops off tonight at the Gulbenkian in Canterbury. Also highly recommended is Grounded, a blistering story of drones, executions and responsibilities at the Point in Eastleigh tonight and touring all week in the south-east. Info here.
Tuesday
The London premiere of Action Hero’s terrific underdog story, Hoke’s Bluff, is at Shoreditch Town Hall from tonight. A real sleeper hit at Edinburgh this summer, Verity Standen’s Mmm Hmmm plays the Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol, this week and next. The Compass Festival of Live Art continues in Leeds. Want to know what it feels like on a trapeze in the big top? Il Pixel Rosso’s 20-minute immersive show, The Great Spavaldos, gives you a taste. It’s at Jackson’s Lane in north London from today. I loved it.
Wednesday
Mark O’Rowe’s Dublin odyssey, Howie the Rookie, is performed by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in an award-winning performance in the Pit at London’s Barbican. Frantic Assembly’s updated Othello hits the Lowry, Salford, where it takes up residence for two weeks. Barrel Organ’s Nothing is fresh, funny and provocative. It’s at Camden People’s Theatre and well worth seeing – this young company are the future.
Thursday
Eugene Ionesco’s Exit the King stars Alun Armstrong and Siobhan Redmond at the Ustinov in Bath. Hans Christian Andersen’s The Red Shoes and the Case of Anna O collide in My Name is B at Toynbee Studios, London, tonight. The devastating and cleverly structured The Worst of Scottee is at Contact in Manchester tonight and tomorrow.
Friday and the weekend
Fancy seeing a show that lasts 24 hours? Forced Entertainment’s Quizoola! is at Sheffield Millennium Galleries from midnight on Friday. The Sacred Season starts at Chelsea Theatre with the sensational David Hoyle in I, Victim tonight and tomorrow. Also check out Sh!t Theatre’s entertaining look at medical ethics, Guinea Pigs on Trial. Mark Thomas’s tale of betrayal, Cuckooed, is at MAC, Belfast, on Friday only. The Flint Festival of Contemporary performance is at Salisbury Arts Centre today and has a great lineup including Karen Christopher, Chris Dobrowolski and Search Party with their parenthood piece, Son and Heir. The Dialogue Festival at London’s Oval House this weekend looks very good too: play, eat, discuss and share and see one-on-one performances by Samantha Ellis, Chris Goode, Andy Field, Peter McMaster and more. Did you enjoy Bryony Kimmings’s Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model? Then see the kids’ version, That Catherine Bennett Show, at Contact in Manchester on Saturday.
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