Pinter Three and Four feature fine performances from a cast that includes Lee Evans, Keith Allen and Tamsin Greig

Mike Birbiglia explores fatherhood in his new one-man show

David Threlfall and Rufus Hound are the stars of this playful, poignant RSC production

A fly-on-the-wall show exposes life for today’s teenagers

Exhilaratingly diverse, intensely engaged — the city’s theatre scene is unlike any other

A giant animatronic puppet is the star of this stage adaptation at New York’s Broadway Theatre

Patricia Ione Lloyd’s new play has an ever-present sense of unease

Everyone is in a hurry in Erica Whyman’s rough and volatile staging

Stephen Sharkey’s adaptation creates a rich mix of multicultural family life and music

debbie tucker green’s new piece balances contained anger with meticulous detail

Maisie Williams and Zach Wyatt bring touching freshness to their roles as troubled teenagers

Jim Broadbent and Phil Daniels star in this fabulistic new drama at London’s Bridge Theatre

This ‘super smart’ production toys with reality and theatricality

Polly Findlay’s Royal Shakespeare Company production comes to the capital

Emma Rice returns to the London stage with an exuberant celebration of theatre

Simon Ings gets a lesson in the science of evolution (with a cast of humans and puppets) at the Natural History Museum’s brand new theatre

The central couple shine but this is a patchy production of Shakespeare’s drama

Nina Raine’s uneven new play follows a woman in pursuit of motherhood

Director Marianne Elliott’s revival successfully updates the show for a 21st-century audience

The Belgian theatremaker’s methods are far removed from conventional practice

Shakespeare’s play undergoes extra scrutiny in this intelligent double production

This year’s event blends works about contemporary social and sexual brutality with old-fashioned Shakespearean gore