Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are word-perfect in Richard Jones’s first-rate Shaw revival; Belarus Free Theatre fuse fairytale and reality; and two has-been actors hole up in a trailer in Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer’s new comedy

The much-loved TV show becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this adaptation

A resplendent cast sing the praises of self-expression in Mark Ravenhill’s adaptation of the feelgood football novel

Played as a broad farce, Sean Foley’s revival starring Rufus Hound ignores Noël Coward’s faultless verbal stylings

Toad, Badger, Mole and Rat are joined by new female characters in a fast-moving musical which ranges in style from Gilbert and Sullivan to raucous rock

In the RSC’s affectionate adaptation of the epic novel, the shaggy Threlfall is accompanied by Rufus Hound as a perfect Sancho Panza