Florian Zeller | Crescent Theatre | Directed by Mark Thompson

Can a play really take an audience into a dementia-stricken mind? In the latest offering from Birmingham’s Crescent Theatre, directed by Mark Thompson, the answer is a resounding yes.

Amelia Bullmore | Highbury Theatre | Directed by Ian Appleby

Highbury Theatre’s studio reopens with a winning production of ‘Di and Viv and Rose’. Directed by Ian Appleby, it is a story of female friendship and solidarity brought vividly to life by a talented trio of actors.

Curated by Mark Gatiss | Crescent Theatre | Directed by Alex Arksen, Mark Shaun Walsh and Maura Judges

Written by Mark Gatiss and seven other authors, ‘Queers’ is a series of eight monologues exploring British gay history. Commissioned to mark the 50-year anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised homosexual acts in private between two men over the age of twenty-one, they were first shown on the BBC and performed on stage at The Old Vic in 2017.

Harold Pinter / Chloe Moss | Sutton Arts Theatre | Directed by Faye Hatch

Sutton Arts Theatre’s latest offering, an evening of two one-act plays, provides more than a little food for thought if you have an appetite for dark comedy and challenging theatre.