Seven days on stage (Oct 6 - Oct 12)

Philippe Priasso got the week off to a swinging start, as he performed Dominique Boivin's duet for dancer and five-tonne mechanical digger. The event was a highlight of Dance Umbrella 2007. 'Accompanied by the voice of Maria Callas, this is the most captivating romance of the season,' wrote Judith Mackrell. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Katherine Tonkin and Mark Tregonning in Gilgamesh by Uncle Semolina (& Friends) at the Pit, London. The Australian company's tale of tyranny and destruction 'draws on the excitement of the wrestling ring and the energy of a rap concert' wrote Lyn Gardner. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Jonathan Kent's three-play season at the Haymarket in London opened with The Country Wife starring Patricia Hodge, Toby Stephens and Nicholas Day. Michael Billington found Wycherley's Restoration comedy 'an unsubtle, broad-bottomed affair: more crowd-pleasing bawdy romp than dissection of a corrupt society'. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Siobhan Davies' dance company performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Judith Mackrell gave the show three stars, claiming 'none of these vignettes feel anchored to a larger narrative or choreographic context'. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Strictly Dancing, Birmingham Royal Ballet's mixed bill, came to Sadler's Wells in London. Judith Mackrell thought that the dancers, including 'subtle minx' Ambra Vallo (left), took the stage most confidently for Daphnis and Chloe. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Lyn Gardner enjoyed the colourful Mischief at London's Peacock: 'A collaboration between the innovative group Theatre-Rites ... and choreographer Arthur Pita, this 65-minute piece of dance-theatre will tickle the fancy of both over-sevens and adults who haven't entirely mislaid their inner child.' Photograph: Patrick Baldwin

At the Pleasance theatre in London, Red Shift presented a hard-hitting version of Much Ado About Nothing, set in Sarajevo. 'At its most convincing, the production puts the brutality back into Shakespeare's comedy, creating a sense of the urgency of love in time of conflict,' wrote Lyn Gardner. Photograph: Gerald Murray

Shadowlands, the drama about CS Lewis and Janie Dee, has returned to London's West End. Charles Dance and Joy Gresham play the leading roles. 'I found myself more moved this time round than by the 1989 production,' wrote Michael Billington, 'partly because it is rare now to find a West End play that addresses the issue of mortality, and partly because of the quality of the acting.' Photograph: Tristram Kenton