Seven days on stage

New York stand-up Rick Shapiro is at the Soho theatre until March 20 2008. Brian Logan gave his show two stars and reflected that Shapiro has 'the great comic's rage against mass delusion, even if it is crudely expressed'. Photograph: PR

Coventry's Belgrade is staging a play about the city's bombardment in 1940. Michael Billington enjoyed the 'perfectly pitched performances' from Joanna Christie and Daniel Brocklebank, who play 'star-crossed lovers' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At Dundee Rep, Hannah Donaldson and Kevin Lennon play the Bard's star-crossed lovers: Romeo and Juliet. Mark Fisher applauded a performance that persuades us of the power of young love Photograph: PR

The Liverpool Playhouse staged Bahok this week, a collaboration between the National Ballet of China and Akram Khan's company. Judith Mackrell observed its 'stark atmosphere of limbo' as 'the stage is designed as a waiting room that could be any airport or train station around the world' Photograph: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

London is hosting the New York City Ballet for the first time in 25 years. They are performing several pieces, including Balanchine's Agon, at the Coliseum Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At the Royal Court in London, Nadine Marshall stars in Debbie Tucker Green's new work, Random. 'Green reveals a pungent, poetic voice and an eye for detail, thought Lyn Gardner. 'But fine writing is not the same as drama' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At the Place in London, Scottish Dance Theatre perform Dog by Hofesh Shechter, which Judith Mackrell celebrated as 'dance for the mind as well as the senses' Photograph: Tristram Kenton