As part of Wheee! International Children’s Theatre and Dance Festival, Norwegian company Dybwikdans stages a dance theatre adaptation of The Princess and the Pea in the Djanogly Theatre at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham on Monday and Tuesday, Andy Cannon and Red Bridge Arts present a one-man story of Macbeth in Is This a Dagger? on Friday, and Andy Manley and Ian Cameron say Stick By Me which features “a man and an awful lot of lolly sticks” on Saturday.
Leeds theatre company tutti frutti is celebrating the beautiful game by performing the premiere of Keepy Uppy, a new play by Evan Placey, at Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham on Tuesday.
English Touring Opera is at Curve, Leicester with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro on Tuesday and Puccini’s one-act operas Il Tabarro and Gianni Schicchi on Wednesday.
Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner flies into Buxton Opera House from Tuesday until Saturday.
After its world première in 2017 at the Edinburgh Fringe and a previous run in Northampton last autumn, the Wardrobe Ensemble’s Education, Education, Education returns to Northampton’s Royal auditorium from Tuesday until Saturday while in Derngate the Take That musical The Band also runs from Tuesday until Saturday.
Taking familiar objects like newspapers, bins, plastic bags and even the kitchen sink and using them to create a “universal language of rhythm and movement that’s playful, thrilling and exploding with energy”, Stomp returns to Birmingham Hippodrome from Tuesday until Saturday.
Strictly Come Dancing sweethearts Kevin and Karen Clifton take their new show Kevin and Karen Dance to the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham on Wednesday.
Birmingham Stage Company finds out why the Romans were revolting in Horrible Histories: More Best of Barmy Britain at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from Wednesday until Saturday while in the B2 auditorium the Black Theatre Live, Yellow Earth Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester tour of In-Sook Chappell’s new play Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok, which tells the story of the three generations of women behind Manchester restaurant Sweet Mandarin, is on the menu also from Wednesday until Saturday.
Northern Ballet’s Ugly Duckling is returning to the stage for the first time since 2013 and the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale dances into Derby Theatre on Thursday.
A celebration of comedy and drama showcasing the work of new writers, Mixed Up! can be seen at the Strutts Centre, Belper, Derbyshire from Thursday until Saturday.
Written and performed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord, The Class Project, which is about “always being an imposter and trying to remember how to speak in your own voice”, breaks down barriers in the Studio at Derby Theatre on Friday.
Taking over Birmingham’s streets and squares, “championing the best of current choreography and putting local talent on an international stage”, Birmingham International Dance Festival 2018 runs from Friday until Sunday 24 June.
Split Second Productions’ two-man re-imagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest tours to Leicester Cathedral on Saturday.
OperaUpClose stages a new English version of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Malvern Theatres on Saturday.
The Nottingham Playhouse and Ramps on the Moon co-production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good continues at Birmingham REP until Saturday.
The Oldham Coliseum, Hull Truck Theatre and New Vic Theatre production of Philip Goulding’s Whisky Galore, based on the novel by Compton Mackenzie, continues at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday.
An “interactive, farcical, queer thriller”, Quick Duck Theatre’s Magic Hour: The Murder Mystery Disco involves a murder on the dance floor at the Night Owl, Digbeth, Birmingham on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday 5 June.
Full House Theatre presents The Owl and the Pussycat, inspired by the nonsense world of Edward Lear, at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire on Sunday.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Antony Sher reprises his role as King Lear until Saturday 9 June, Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack head the cast of Macbeth which continues until Tuesday 18 September and Romeo and Juliet continues until Saturday 21 September; in the Swan Theatre, Mary Pix's comedy of manners The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich (Or the Beau Defeated) continues until Thursday 14 June and John Webster’s blood-soaked revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi continues until Friday 3 August.