Before 3am, Theatre, Physical theatre

The newest show from the well-travelled circus, featuring horse rider Nicky de Neumann, a bunch of motorbikes in a giant ball known as the 'Globe of Death' and the flying acrobats of Havana Troupe, among many other circus favourites.

*The UK premiere of a joyous, log-balancing, wood-chucking, axe-juggling spectacular from a family of lumberjack circus-performers. * Blending circus with theatre, dance, live traditional music and the folklore of their native Quebec, Cirque Alfonse take the audience on a wild ride of gravity-defying acrobatics and…

• Directed by: Nigel Jamieson

Nigel Jamieson directs Wired Aerial Theatre's bungee-assisted aerial dance piece about the devastation of climate change, performed high in the sky against a 12m square video screen.

Ten short physical theatre pieces from students at Adam Smith.

Forbidden cake, a sunset remembered in gouache, and a pigeon that was really an owl. Inspired by real conversations, No Place Like celebrates the everyday experiences and lifelong memories of an older generation living in care homes. As playful and poetic as the voices that inspired it, this new, devised piece asks how we…

Fourth Monkey. 'A tour de force on the Fringe' ★★★★★ (Remote Goat.co.uk). 'Outstanding' ★★★★★ (FringeGuru.com). 'A magical experience' ★★★★★ (AYoungerTheatre.com). 'I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound' (Ken Kesey). With their trademark ensemble work, Fourth Monkey follow up…

The Lincoln Company. Spurt of Blood, The Cenci and The Seashell and the Clergyman are drawn together to create an experimental event that layers French surrealism, physical theatre and contemporary farce, creating its very own Theatre of Cruelty. It explores the anguish sheathed within Artaud's mind, identifying…

Goethe's tale of the scholar who dissatisfied with his life, makes a pact with the Devil, is presented in a 1920s speakeasy, with break dancing, Lindy Hop and Charleston dance, with 1920s-style big band music.

With elements of Dance, Butoh, mime & physical theatre, Karavan & Khabarova share over 20 years of experience, reflecting on their unique and original style, they offer diverse and powerful exercises which move the participants in search of their own limits. The workshop aims to improve the participants…

blackSKYwhite Theatre / The Assembly Rooms. Omega. A hoochie-coochie carnival for the end of time. Out from the sideshow shadows creep an astounding array of mythical freaks, ageless hucksters, and mind-twisting curiosities. Raised from apocryphal texts, warped by black mirrors and prisms. Masters of the macabre…

End of year Theatre Arts show put on by pupils at the school.

Blue Tree Theatre Company. The production explores what happens after the adrenalin and intoxication of a newly formed relationship fades. A Reason to Smile centres on a contemporary couple and charts the relationship's evolution, cross-cutting between significant moments of their lives together. The use of physical…

Sarah Kane's poetic masterpiece that sparked controversy and debate. Performed intimately, using physicality alongside the dialogue to question clinical depression and provide insight into the fragility of the human mind. Hard-hitting but beautiful.

Manic Chord Theatre. Combining a raw, energised and wordy playfulness Manic Chord presents a darkly comic and physical tale. Hidden within a laboratory three scientists set out to create a machine which can extract thoughts. In the process these scientists become the subjects of their own experiment, unearthing the…

Random Acts Theatre Company. Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers. Interactive, reality theatre magically created instantly! 'Improvisational theatre of such high calibre that it is almost shocking to witness' (Stage). A must-see. Ages 12+.

Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma are Almond Roca. Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma lead you on an epic journey. Witness sacred comedy of almonds unfolding in surreal, super-fun and insanely entertaining love festival. The Lost Cabaret. Find it. 'An absolute blast!' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks). www.pay-what-you-want.info. Ages 18+.

The American High School Theatre Festival. Earth's seven billion people are outnumbered a hundred million to one. Funny, beautiful, intriguing, perplexing; bodies and language evoke the warlike, reproductive, political lives of ants. Foremost entomologists E.O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler have created some of…