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50 Shades of Maggie

Comedy spoof of 50 Shades of Grey.

Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

Sun 19 May

£20 (£18) / 0141 332 1846

  • 19:30

Bad Taste Company: Faust

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.

Jubilee Square, Brighton

Sun 19 May

Free / 01273 709709

  • 21:00

Aston's Stones: Teater Pero (Ages 3-6)

A story about the little dog who wants to take care of all the stones he can find. Some are big and some are small. One is sad and another one feels cold. All are in need of someone to care for them.

Artsdepot, London N12

Sun 19 May

Studio Theatre

£7 / 020 8369 5454

  • 12:00
  • 15:00

Be Silent or Be Killed

The true story of Scottish businessman Roger Hunt, who survived the 2008 terrorist attack on a Mumbai hotel. Facing hard choices and consequences, Hunt holed up in his hotel room for nearly 40 hours, maintaining contact with his mobile, until the attack was ended.

Universal Hall Arts Centre, Findhorn

Sun 19 May

£10 (£8; under 16s £6) / 01309 690110

  • 19:30

The Adventures Of Don Quixote By Bicycle

Burn The Curtain presents a participatory and contemporary theatre piece, in which the Cervantes classic is told while on a bicycle trip with the actors and other audience members. Taking in a three mile trip around the South Downs, with the opportunity to transform your bike into a horse.

Devil's Dyke, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£10 (Children £5 under 16s) / 01273 709709

  • 11:00
  • 15:00
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Hilarious and harrowing tale where we meet Steve Jobs and Chinese workers toiling to make our beloved iPhones. A retooled version of the controversial monologue whose 'fact'-based story created a media maelstrom, written by Mike Daisey and performed by Grant O’Rourke.

Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Sun 19 May

Main Auditorium

£10 / 0141 552 4267

Part of Mayfesto.

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

Meet the genius behind the übercoolest moustache in scientific history, in the show where Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity = Music Comedy². From the boys behind international smash-hit ‘The Origin of Species…’ (“Science has rarely been so fascinating and never so much fun” – Stage; “John Hinton is an absolute joy…

Nightingale Theatre, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£8.50 (£6.50) / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

Tangram theatre presents an upbeat musical comedy based around the discoveries and theories of the science genius Albert Einstein.

Nightingale Theatre, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£7 (£6) / 01273 917272

  • 17:00

Albert’s Boy

It’s 1953 and Albert Einstein is slowly driving himself insane as he struggles to solve the unanswerable question: “Did I do the right thing?” A reunion with a friend soon becomes an explosive collision of opposing beliefs on the subject of evil, the winning of wars, and the construction of the world’s first weapon of…

Marlborough Theatre, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£8 (£6) / 01273 917272

Friends 2 for 1 Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Albert’s Boy

It's 1953 and Albert Einstein is slowly driving himself insane as he struggles to solve the unanswerable question: 'Did I do the right thing?'

Marlborough Theatre, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£8 (£6) / 01273 570028

  • 16:00
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The Aristocats Kids: Bees

Junior students perform a short Disney musical stage show suitable for all ages

Princess Theatre & Arts Centre, Burnham-on-Sea

Sun 19 May

£4 / 01278 784464

  • 15:30

As You Like It

Shakespeare's pastoral comedy which tells the story of Rosalind and Orlando, who are banished from an oppressive court and forced to run for their lives into the wild depths of the Forest of Arden. Directed by Maria Aberg.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Sun 19 May

£5–£49 / 0844 800 1110

  • 19:30

Back To Broadway

  • Written by: Gina Price

A sparkling stage production celebrating the best of Broadway and the West End.

The Pavilion, Exmouth

Sun 19 May

£17.50 (£15.50) / 01395 222477

  • 19:30

Back to the Musicals: 1970s

Up and coming performers from the world of the West End explore the rich and varied catalogue of musical theatre's biggest hits (and misses) from the 1970s.

The Pheasantry, London SW3

Sun 19 May

£12.50 / 020 7351 5031

  • 20:00

Bare

  • Directed by: Paul Taylor-Mills
  • Written by: music)

John Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo's rock musical, set in a mixed-sex Catholic boarding school. A group of teenagers have to grapple with issues of identity, religion and sexuality. Directed by Paul Taylor-Mills.

Union Theatre, London SE1

Sun 19 May

£17.50 preview; £19–£20 / 020 7261 9876

  • 19:30
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Beats

  • Written by: Kieran Hurley

A coming of age monologue written and performed by Kieran Hurley with Arches resident DJ Johnny Whoop presented by The Arches in association with The Bush Theatre. This piece focuses on the 1994 Criminal Justice Act which outlawed raves and public gatherings.

Bristol Old Vic

Sun 19 May

£12 (£8) / 0117 987 7877

  • 20:00

Ben And Holly's Little Kingdom

  • Directed by: Richard Lewis
  • Written by: Mani Svavarsson (music)

Richard Lewis's adaptation of the award-winning television animation set in a miniature world of fairies, elves and insects. The production features original music by Mani Svavarsson, with original lyrics by Matt Lewis.

Grand Theatre, Swansea

Sun 19 May

£9.50–£13.50 / 01792 475715

  • 10:00
  • 13:00
  • 16:00

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage

Banana Bag And Bodice presents performance that harks back to the raw and rousing style of storytelling in the old Scandinavian mead halls, turning the stage into a cacophonous swirl of explosive original music combining Weillian cabaret, 1940s jazz harmony, punk, electronica and Romantic Lieder.

Trinity Centre, Bristol

Sun 19 May

£13 (£11) / 0117 935 1200

  • 19:30

Beware Of Young Girls: The Dory Previn Story

A biographical musical inspired by the life of the 1970s songwriter, complete with live music and film projections.

St James Theatre, London SW1E

Sun 19 May

£18–£20 / 0844 264 2140

  • 19:30

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast

5***** Award-winning 'The Big Bite-Size Breakfast' comes to Brighton! A fresh feast of ‘menus’ of exciting international playlets. Show plan on website. Coffee+croissant+warm welcome! PLUS - children’s plays & workshops in half term, when children can create their own Bite-Size Play at the Theatre Royal! Performing at…

Latest Music Bar, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£12.50 (£9.50) / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

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The Big Bite-Size Breakfast

A collection of short, international plays, presented by White Room Theatre in collaboration with Bite-Size Plays, performed alongside a served breakfast.

Theatre Royal, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£12.50 (£9.50) / 01273 917272

  • 11:00

Blood Brothers: The Grange Players

  • Written by: Willy Russell

Blood Brothers (play version) is the story of Mickey and Eddie, the Johnson twins separated at birth, one of whom grows up in the wealthy Lyons family and the other in poorer conditions with their biological mother. Each boy is unaware that he has a twin brother and the mothers are determined to keep it that way. However…

The Grange Playhouse, Walsall

Sun 19 May

£9 / 01922 625100

  • 19:45

Breakfast at Dalkey

The Harbour Theatre Company, Argus Angel award-winners present Eddie Alford's new play 'Breakfast at Dalkey'. Set in 1930s Dublin it explores family squabbles, betrayals, love, ballroom dancing and a trademark confession scene. Suitable for ages 16+.

The Redroaster Coffee House, Brighton

Sun 19 May

£9 (£7) / 01273 917272

Friends 2 for 1 Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Calendar Girls

  • Directed by: Karen Turner
  • Written by: Tim Firth

A group of extraordinary women, members of a Yorkshire W.I, persuade one another to pose nude for a charity calendar to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors lounge in the hospital where one of their husbands is being treated for leukaemia.

Medway Little Theatre, Rochester

Sun 19 May

Phone for availability / 01634 400322

  • 19:30

Californian Lives (Los Feliz/Ben And Joe's/Sunset)

  • Directed by: Emma King-Farlow
  • Written by: Martin Foreman

Three monologues by Martin Foreman, exploring the lives of three different Californians. A salesman who knows all the side streets of Los Angeles meets the woman of his dreams one day, in Los Feliz. A group of older men have a quiet time in a San Fernando Valley bar until a young men enters, in Ben and Joe's. A…

King's Head, Islington, London N1

Sun 19 May

£11.50–£19 / 020 7478 0160

  • 19:15
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