Seven days on stage

London's Donmar Warehouse followed up its sensational Othello with a little-known Arthur Miller play this week. Written in 1944, The Man Who Had All the Luck follows a phenomenally fortuitous chap played by Andrew Buchan. Michael Billington detected shades of Death of a Salesman Photograph: Tristram Kenton

At Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud theatre, Syrus Lowe and Sirine Saba star in Out of Joint's Testing the Echo. The cast of eight assume multiple roles in an exploration of the nature of Britishness Photograph: PR

After success with George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, the National is continuing its Shavian obsession with the 1905 play Major Barbara. Michael Billington thought the production had 'a touch of Victorian absurdity' and a 'unique mix of Wilde and Brecht' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

The annual flamenco festival at Sadler's Wells in London opened with a series of stylish performances by María Pagés and her 25-strong company Photograph: PR

At London's Soho theatre, Lyn Gardner was underwhelmed by the road trip A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians. 'Something appears to have been lost in translation,' she concluded Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Judith Mackrell thought that Christopher Wheeldon's Mixed Bill for the Royal Opera House suggests the choreographer is 'determined to experiment with freedom' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

And we couldn't not mention The Sound of Music - even though it's arguably had enough publicity from a bizarre plotline in Hollyoaks, which saw a character played by Summer Strallen (left, with Simon Burke) winning a role in the musical. Lyn Gardner found Strallen's Maria 'a lovable, over-enthusiastic and slightly irritating collie' at the Palladium Photograph: Rex