Mark Fisher

In our dark times, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics offer a sugar-coated disguise for a show with political heft

There are cursory mentions of crocodiles, clocks and boys who never grow up, but Johnny McKnight’s script charts its own course in a hilariously daft production

Justin Greene and the late Steve Brown’s musical about a working-class woman who wins big on the pools and blows the lot is given a moving dream twist

Duncan McLean’s riotous adaptation begins in a care home for retired pirates, from which the resourceful heroes set sail in a washtub buoyed by imagination

This musical adaptation of the classic tale is full of charm and catchy new numbers with a captivating turn by Kiara Nicole Pillai as Mowgli

The titular hero’s coming-of-age tale takes advantage of local tourist attractions and a bright hard-working cast in this brisk and cheerful production

Absorbing adaptation is faithful to the original, with sepia lighting and a whiskery, curmudgeonly Scrooge pinching pennies in hard times

With a cumbersome script and no sense of danger or atmosphere, this production loses its way

We need more than surface-level insights to make the sustainability journey easier for people, says Mark Fisher.

John Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly