New Vic “legend” Eric returns with his “multi-talented, multi-instrumental company of actors, singers and musicians” in Maverick, a tale of the Wild West filled with comedy and the greatest hits of the 1960s, at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Tuesday until Saturday 10 September.
Chapterhouse Theatre Company delivers its own take on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton on Wednesday.
Birmingham’s Blue Orange Theatre pays homage to a man who was arguably the worst film director of all time, Edward D Wood Jnr, in Night of the Bride of Plan 9 From Outer Space from Thursday until Saturday 10 September.
Backstage tours and drama workshops will be included in a free open day at Nottingham Playhouse on Saturday.
The Abba musical Mamma Mia! continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Gillian Bevan is the first woman to take on the role of British ruler Cymbeline which continues until Saturday 15 October and Antony Sher plays the title role in Gregory Doran’s production of King Lear which continues until Saturday 15 October (press night Thursday 1 September); and in the Swan Theatre, Blanche McIntyre directs The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, which continues until Tuesday 7 February.