Dance groups will perform adaptations of the story of Czechoslovakian village Lidice—invaded by German soldiers in 1942 who massacred more than 170 men—in Lidice Shall Live, a three-day event exploring the atrocity and its connection with Staffordshire, at the Victoria Hall, Stoke on Monday, Thursday and Thursday 18 June.
Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted by Simon Stephens and based on Mark Haddon’s novel, bounds into Leicester’s Curve from Monday until Saturday.
London Classic Theatre stages a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy Absent Friends at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from Monday until Saturday.
Set during World War II and based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, “a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys”, is a Children’s Touring Partnership production at the Grand, Wolverhampton from Tuesday until Saturday.
An “emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers who fall in love”, The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown is an “unconventional musical theatre experience” at Buxton Opera House from Tuesday until Saturday.
Welsh National Opera visits Birmingham Hippodrome with Mozart’s The Magic Flute on Wednesday and Friday, Richard Ayres and Lavinia Greenlaw’s new opera Peter Pan which receives its UK première in a new production by Keith Warner on Thursday and Pelléas and Mélisande by Debussy on Saturday.
To mark the centenary of World War I, Birmingham venue The Drum presents All Our Heroes, which “explores the stories and perspectives of men from the Indian sub-continent who left their homes and families to fight for the British Raj in continents far, far away”, on Thursday.
New Perspectives takes Tim Elgood’s new play Unforgettable, which sheds light on the effects of dementia on family relationships, to Geddington Village Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire on Thursday, Gretton Village Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire on Friday, Key Theatre, Peterborough on Saturday and the Glebe Field Centre, Crich, Derbyshire on Sunday.
The story of Hercules is told through “hilarious dance routines and amazing speciality acts—it’s a modern cabaret the whole family will enjoy” in New Art Club, Dance 4 and Nottingham Playhouse’s presentation at Derby Theatre on Friday.
A new show featuring Pasha Kovalev, the professional winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, Pasha—Life Through Dance waltzes into Mansfield Palace Theatre on Friday.
A “bold, subversive and very funny clown cookery show about searching for self worth in a cheesecake”, Vanity Bites Back is on the menu in the Studio at Derby Theatre on Friday when Helen Duff makes her solo debut.
Birmingham Repertory Opera Company presents The Coalition Kings, a new work with music composed by Ethan Cruxton and libretto by Ben Powell, at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham on Friday and Saturday.
The Northern Broadsides production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear continues at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday.
“Heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensationally sexy dancing” should ensure audiences at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham have the time of their lives when Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story on Stage continues until Saturday.
A unique show is promised by Paul Merton’s Impro Chums at Buxton Opera House on Sunday.
Northampton’s Royal and Derngate and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse’s co-production of Arthur Miller’s “play for the screen” The Hook continues in the Royal, Northampton until Saturday 27 June (press night Tuesday 9 June).
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati team up to play Othello and Iago in Iqbal Khan’s production of Othello which continues in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Friday 28 August (press night Thursday 11 June) and plays in repertoire with The Merchant of Venice which continues until Wednesday 2 September; in the Swan Theatre, John Ford’s rarely performed play Love's Sacrifice continues until Wednesday 24 June and Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta until Tuesday 8 September.