Rona Munro’s engaging debate drama has some thrilling exchanges as three characters argue the case for and against Mary Queen of Scots

After her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century

Hope Dickson Leach’s magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race

A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000

What’s the scene like in the rehearsal room in the third week? At fringe play J’Ouvert, injury leads to a frenzy. At the RSC, the actors scour footnotes. And on Captain Corelli they’re in a sweat about the instrument

Charles Lawson is on fine form as a retired John Rebus but the novelist’s Edinburgh underworld is missing

Gender-swapped classics, Hans Christian Andersen’s closet secrets, two giants of US comedy sharing a stage, plus Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as rulers in love

It is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth’s epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem – from exploited boxers to warring kings

Rona Munro’s sharply observed portrait of three generations of women caught up in Belfast’s violence

The tale of four Belfast women during the Troubles becomes an unflinching study of the effects of male violence

Munro’s adaptation of Richard Adams’ classic novel is performed by a cast who prove that there’s much more to playing rabbits than bouncing around

Les Blancs | Hamlet | The James Plays | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Funny Girl

Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
A trio of stories from Scottish royalty blend historical power struggles with contemporary dialogue

Rona Munro’s day-long reimagining of 15th-century royal Scotland shows a nation determined to do things on its own terms