Penny Dreadful Productions which specialises in “the true stories of forgotten people” stages How to be Immortal at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme on Monday and Stahl Theatre, Oundle, Northamptonshire on Tuesday.
Les Dennis, Claire Goose, Gray O’Brien, Steven Miller and Simona Armstrong try to pull off The Perfect Murder in the world stage première from best-selling author Peter James at the Belgrade, Coventry from Monday until Saturday.
Francis Durbridge’s The Gentle Hook, which appeared in the 2013 Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season, returns to the Theatre Royal, Nottingham from Monday until Saturday.
Agatha Christie's classic The Mousetrap, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, tours to the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield from Monday until Saturday.
Maureen Nolan is Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers at Derngate, Northampton from Monday until Saturday.
The “heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they ever dreamed of”, Priscilla Queen of the Desert visits De Montfort Hall, Leicester from Monday until Saturday.
Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre reckons Tonight’s the Night when it hosts the Rod Stewart musical from Monday until Saturday.
Former EastEnders actress Lucy Speed appears in Amanda Whittington’s one-woman show Amateur Girl, a Fifth Word and Nottingham Playhouse presentation, at The Castle, Wellingborough on Tuesday.
Filter in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company stages Twelfth Night at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry from Tuesday until Saturday.
English Touring Theatre, in association with Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour, makes its first visit to Wolverhampton Grand with a revival of Howard Brenton’s seminal drama Eternal Love from Tuesday until Saturday.
David Bintley’s ballet to Benjamin Britten’s only commissioned ballet score, The Prince of the Pagodas, is a Birmingham Royal Ballet presentation at the city’s Hippodrome from Tuesday until Saturday.
Kali Theatre and Pentabus Theatre take Sharmila Chauhan’s The Husbands, “an explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose”, to the Studio at Curve, Leicester from Tuesday until Saturday.
Theatre Works performs Simon Stephens’s Punk Rock in Derby Theatre Studio from Thursday until Saturday.
East Midlands touring company New Perspectives tours its artistic director Jack McNamara’s adaptation of Saul Bellow’s Him With His Foot in his Mouth to Cottesmore Village Hall, Rutland on Thursday, Hoton, Cotes and Prestwold Village Hall, Leicestershire on Friday, Swayfield Village Hall, Lincolnshire on Saturday and Tennyson D'Eyncourt Memorial Hall, Tealby on Sunday.
Directed by Ellen Kent, Puccini’s La Bohème which tells the tragic story of the doomed, consumptive Mimi and her love for a penniless writer, is at Derngate, Northampton on Friday.
Andrea Pattison takes the lead role in The Dolly Parton Story in the Darwin Suite at Derby’s Assembly Rooms on Friday.
“From hanging in suspense to diving for support, dancers negotiate the cracks and craters of this world of illusions where nothing is quite as it seems” in Motionhouse’s Broken at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire on Friday.
Russell Kennedy’s The Crossing which looks at the aftermath of a car crash is a Crowd of 2 Theatre presentation in the Pavilion Arts Centre Studio, Buxton on Friday and Saturday.
Northampton’s Derngate hosts Essence of Ireland, which “tells a moving story of the love, joy and heartache endured by two lovers separated by emigration”, on Saturday.
Mike Kenny’s new adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey continues at Derby Theatre until Saturday while a companion piece, Penelope RETOLD, created by Caroline Horton, which looks at the story from the perspective of Odysseus’ wife, also continues until Saturday.
Northern Broadsides’ presentation of Deborah McAndrew’s new play An August Bank Holiday Lark continues at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday.
Lavern Archer's “energetic new play, with an eclectic mix of explosive characters which makes for an hilarious comedy cocktail”, The Real Housewives Of Brixton is at The Drum, Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday.
Gyles Brandreth is Looking for Happiness in his one-man show at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on Sunday.
The Russian State Ballet and Opera House will sing Bizet’s Carmen in French with English surtitles at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Sunday.
Mike Poulton’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities continues at Northampton Royal and Derngate until Saturday 15 March.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, Ella Hickson’s new adaptation of JM Barrie’s Wendy and Peter Pan continues in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Sunday while in the Swan Mike Poulton’s adaptations of Hilary Mantel's award-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies continue until 29 March.