Tonight, Play
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50 Shades of Maggie
Comedy spoof of 50 Shades of Grey.
Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
Thu 23 May
£20 (£18) / 0141 332 1846
- 19:30
The Sash
Hector MacMillan's nailbiting story about families pitted against each other due to conflicting beliefs.
King's Theatre, Glasgow
Thu 23 May
£11–£30 / 0844 871 7648
Agatha Christie's Go Back for Murder
Agatha Christie Theatre Company present the Queen of Mystery's classic thriller, packed with red herrings and suspense til the very end.
Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea
Thu 23 May
£16.50–£25.50; £16.50–£25.50; £17.50–£26.50 ( £14.50–£23.50; £14.50–£23.50; £14.50–£23.50; £12.50–£23.50; Children £12.50 under 16s; Children… / 01702 351135
- 20:00
Far Away and Seagulls
Double bill. Caryl Churchill's play, Far Away, is set in a dystopian world, where a young girl wakes in the night at her aunt and uncle’s house to hear and see disturbing things she will not forget. Also performed is Seagulls, a short play about a woman who has the unusual gift of being able to move objects by power of…
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Thu 23 May
£12–£19 / 0141 429 0022
- 19:30
Ghost
Musical based on the Oscar-winning movie about a man trapped between this world and the next who's trying to communicate with his heart-broken girlfriend through a psychic.
The Edinburgh Playhouse
Thu 23 May
£15–£45 / 0844 871 3014
Kora
Tom McGrath's 1980s comedy tells the story of one woman's fight to save her dysfunctional Whitfield community.
Dundee Rep
Thu 23 May
£12 (£10; Students £5) / 01382 223530
The Importance of Being Earnest
Regular touring company London Classic Theatre takes on Oscar Wilde's silliest comedy, with puns and mislaid handbags galore.
Dundee Rep
Thu 23 May
£13–£17.50 (£11–£15.50) / 01382 223530
The Mousetrap
The record-breaking show adapted from Agatha Christie's book of the same name has been performed over 23,000 times. Now celebrating its diamond anniversary in the London West End, it's finally embarking on a UK tour.
Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Thu 23 May
£15–£27.50; £13–£25.50; £17–£29.50 (Children £15–£23; Children £13–£21; Children £17–£25; £15–£23; £15–£23; £13–£21; £13–£21; £17–£25; £17–£25) / 01872 262466
- 19:30
Hormonal Housewives
Toyah Willcox stars in an evening all about women and the high drama that is attributed to their hormones. There'll be mention of chocolate, ironing and useless men, we're sure.
Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Thu 23 May
£21 (£19; £7) / 01245 606505
- 19:45
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
Edinburgh People's Theatre present Liz Lochhead's depiction of a contemporary, gutsy and poetic voice of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Thu 23 May
£10 (£8) / 0131 447 7597
Noises Off
Highly frantic farce about a group of actors trying to produce a highly frantic farce with all the nonsense that entails. Directed by Lindsay Posner.
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Thu 23 May
£5.50–£23.50 / 01603 630000
- 19:30
Pitmen Painters
Award-winning play about a group of Ashington miners in 1934, who hire a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class and then begin to paint their own work. Written by Lee Hall (of Billy Elliott fame) and presented here by Bill Kenwright.
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Thu 23 May
£17–£27 / 01743 281281
- 19:30
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – Tour
Sparkly feelgood musical starring the one and only Jason Donovan.
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Thu 23 May
£10–£39.50 / 0870 606 3536
The Woman in Black
Theatre experience with a heavy film noir influence, about a young lawyer trying to exorcise his metaphorical demons.
Fortune Theatre, London WC2B
Thu 23 May
£18–£55.50 / 0844 871 7627
The 39 Steps
John Buchan's adventurous spy novel (or Hitchcock's classic film) is adapted into this stage version by Patrick Barlow and features only four actors playing 139 roles between them.
King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Thu 23 May
£14–£29.50 (Student standby £10) / 0131 529 6000
Awaken
Début performance from Novato Theatre Company exploring Plato's concept of the soulmate.
Mission Theatre, Bath
Thu 23 May
£7 (£5) / 01225 463362
Beloved Clara
Theatre piece combining the letters and diary entries of Robert and Clara Schumann, interspersed with their piano music.
Perth Theatre
Thu 23 May
£18 / 01738 621031
Part of Perth Festival.
- 19:30
Birds of a Feather
The three original cast members from the BBC's long-running sitcom bring the lives and loves of Sharon, Tracy and Dorien to the stage.
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Thu 23 May
£20.50–£27.50; £23.50–£30 / 023 8071 1811
- 19:30
Birdsong
- Written by: Rachel Wagstaff (adapt)
Adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel of love, courage and sacrifice set before and during WWI.
Theatre Royal, Bath
Thu 23 May
£19–£31.50; £17.50–£30; £21.50–£33.50 / 01225 448844
- 20:00
Blood Brothers
Willy Russell's moving tale about two brothers whose lives are worlds apart.
The Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds
Thu 23 May
£16–£31.50 / 0844 848 2700
- 19:30
English National Opera's Wozzeck
Berg's tragedy about a soldier who, troubled by visions, murders his partner.
London Coliseum, WC2N
Thu 23 May
£19–£95 / 0871 911 0200
First Love
Adaptation of an early Beckett novella about a man, cast out from the family home, who hooks up with a woman, with darkly comic consequences.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thu 23 May
£6–£15.50 / 0131 228 1404
Flâneurs
Jenna Watt explores violence in public places by attempting to deconstruct the bystander effect in a work she wrote following a violent attack on her friend in 2010.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thu 23 May
£6–£15.50 / 0131 228 1404
From Script to Stage
Playwriting competition winners Alison Caldwell and Duncan Kidd have developed their works about Borders life into scripts to be read by professional actors. Audience feedback on the night will decide which play goes forward into production.
Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
Thu 23 May
£5 (Children free) / 01721 725777
- 19:30
From the Mouths of Mothers
Challenging verbatim theatre piece created by playwright Amanda Stuart Fisher from 14 hours of interviews with mothers who had discovered that their children had been sexually abused.
Pleasance Theatre, London N7
Thu 23 May
£10–£12 / 020 7609 1800



