Merely Theatre, “the first gender-blind classical theatre company and the first to use 50/50 casting”, which is on its first national tour, takes Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Lincoln Theatre Royal on Monday and Tuesday.
Tom Chambers plays Elyot, Laura Rogers is Amanda, Charlotte Ritchie plays Sybil and Richard Teverson is Victor in Noël Coward’s Private Lives which tours to the Regent Theatre, Stoke from Monday until Saturday.
“The world’s favourite rock ‘n’ roll musical”, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, does the time warp at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham from Monday until Saturday.
Mohamed El Khatib, acclaimed as one of the leading voices in French contemporary theatre, performs A Beautiful Ending, a “haunting but often funny account of a monumental moment in his life”, in The Door at Birmingham REP on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Robert Powell plays King Charles III in Mike Bartlett’s “future history play” at Curve, Leicester from Tuesday until Saturday.
Oliver Mellor, Terry Dwyer and Marcus Hutton appear in a new adaptation of Frederick Knott’s thriller Dial M For Murder at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from Tuesday until Saturday.
Derby-based Oddsocks promises “an exciting, interactive and action-packed winter treat for all” in The Legend of King Arthur at the Guildhall Theatre, Derby from Tuesday until Saturday.
The story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and their rise to stardom is told in Jersey Boys at Derngate, Northampton from Tuesday until Saturday 6 February.
The Birmingham REP production of The Snowman, based on the book by Raymond Briggs, walks in the air at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham from Wednesday until Sunday.
Theatre Ad Infinitum’s dystopian thriller Light, a “sci-fi fantasy that fast-forwards us to the 22nd century”, stops off at Birmingham’s Old Rep on Thursday.
Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole returns to Wolverhampton Grand with his new show A Night to Remember on Friday.
Three strangers meet on a train only to die an hour later in a crash in Catalan theatre company Atresbandes’ Locus Amoenus, devised and performed by Mònica Almirall Batet, Miquel Segovia Garrell and Albert Pérez Hidalgo, in the Studio at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry on Saturday.
A “one-man homage to the world's greatest detective that includes quick costume changes, wry humour and audience interaction”, The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes are unveiled by Jonathan Goodwin of Don’t Go into the Cellar! theatre company in the Studio at Lichfield Garrick on Saturday.
Jars of Clay Theatre Company’s tale about Dick Whittington and His Cat continues at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham until Saturday.
A cast of 13 actor-musicians and 24 young performers continue in a new production of Robin Hood and Marian at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday.
Marti Pellow, Julian Clary, Lee Mead, Matt Slack and Andrew Ryan head the cast of “the UK’s biggest pantomime” Aladdin, which continues at Birmingham Hippodrome until Sunday.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, Wendy and Peter Pan continues in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Sunday.