Critic's choice

Mourning Becomes Electra
Epic melodrama from Eugene O'Neill, worth the price for Helen Mirren's masterful central performance.

Skellig
There's something lurking in the garage in David Almond's Whitbread-winning fable.
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His Dark Materials Parts I & II
Anna Maxwell Martin excels as heroine Lyra in this adaptation of Philip Pullman's trilogy.

Kat And The Kings
Vibrant Apartheid-era musical about the fortunes of a Cape Town band.

Dust
A welcome return for the ingenious retelling of The Odyssey using projectors and, of course, dust.

Coming In..

The Taming Of The Shrew
The RSC's production arrives in a whirl of sexual politics and smart one-liners.

The Permanent Way
David Hare's dissection of the privatisation of Britain's railways rolls into town with no delays reported.

Going Out...

Five Gold Rings
Joanna Laurens's poetic sophomore effort set at a fateful family Christmas.

Jason And The Argonauts
Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece nears its end.