Five Best London Shows

By Alice Jones

The Walworth Farce NT: Cottesloe

This super-charged production of Enda Walsh’s drama stars Dennis Conway as a father who compels his two grown sons to constantly re- enact their childhood. To 29 Nov

Six Characters in Search of an Author Gielgud Theatre

Rupert Goold’s madly ingenious multimedia adaptation of Pirandello’s play shifts the action to the world of drama- documentaries. To 8 Nov

Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision Novello Theatre

This musical spoof of the Eurovision Song Contest, starring Les Dennis, is impossible to resist if you throw yourself headlong into the silly spirit of it. To 15 Nov

Ivanov Wyndham’s Theatre

Kenneth Branagh gives a performance of extraordinary perceptiveness and human breadth in Michael Grandage’s exhilarating production. To 29 Nov

Now or Later Royal Court

Matthew Marsh is magnificent as the US President-elect on election night in this immaculately acted production of Christopher Shinn’s drama. To 1 Nov

…and around the country

Three Sisters Royal Exchange, Manchester

This intelligent and powerfully poetic production stars Emma Cunniffe, Beth Cooke and Lucy Black as the Prozorov siblings. To 11 Oct

Love’s Labour’s Lost Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

David Tennant, whose Hamlet in the RSC’s production has been widely praised, now turns his hand to comedy, taking on the role of Berowne. To 15 Nov

Wuthering Heights Birmingham Rep

April de Angelis has adapted Emily Bront’s novel for the stage. Susannah York plays Nelly. To 18 Oct

Eric’s Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

A new show about the notorious Liverpool club by Mark Davies Markham, who wrote the Boy George musical, Taboo, featuring tunes by Elvis Costello and Echo and the Bunnymen. To 11 Oct

The Suicide Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold

Nikolai Erdman’s hilarious satire about a man whose planned suicide becomes public property is a classic of the Russian theatre. To 18 Oct

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