The second, strikingly physical part of Lanre Malaolu’s trilogy that began with Samskara explores bereavement with lightness as well as anguish

Nkenna Akunna’s monologue follows a young woman as she crashes her oldest friend’s 25th birthday party

It may not attempt anything new but there are eye-catching costumes, catchy songs, some sparkling performances and a droll script by Anna Jordan

Jonathan Harvey’s breakthrough play still blazes with a stubborn utopian impulse thanks to finely pitched performances and delicately balanced banter

Seasoned actors turn Shakespeare’s romcom on its head in an enchanted RSC production; US race relations meet Waiting for Godot; and at the crease with Beckett and Pinter

Crackling humour and punchy direction energise the story of two brothers battling over whose way is the right way on their Peckham estate

Kosovan refugee Dritan Kastrati looks back at the struggles of his arduous journey and his troubling experiences in London

At first, Anthony Neilson’s play is a bewildering affair, but its sombre aftermath imparts understanding with crushing effect

The rich abilities of the dancers are beautifully showcased in the double bill of Say It Loud and Black Sun

This dated two-hander about colleagues cowering in the wake of an explosion creates all-too-familiar disgust and fear

An eco-themed updating of the fairytale without any bite, this panto has clumsy storytelling and half-hearted smut

Larry Kramer’s 1985 response to the Aids crisis resonates with new force. And Dublin ghost stories unfurl slowly in a fine Conor McPherson revival

Two brooding men are slowly sunk by their own narcissism in this subtle play about a counselling session

Featuring plague and shootouts in M&S, XR supporter April De Angelis’s dystopic climate drama is a powerful, urgent polemic

Kibong Tanji is outstanding as the sister of the victim in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s play which is dynamic and gripping but lacks tonal variety