Rory Edgington

The National Theatre of Wales' production perfectly melds theatricality with politics.

An adaptation of Cervantes' classic novel and an impassioned defence of idealism.

A show that lampoons the current generation's lack of imagination but inadvertently reveals its own.

Ben Blow's take on the life of Karl Marx is liberal with the facts, profligate with the jokes but ascetic with analysis.

This is the hit one-man show about a politician with all the substance but nothing to show.

Dudendance's newest installation piece explores the reifying effects of violence through movement and music.

[rating: 3/5] Liverpool University Drama Society's adaptation of the Victorian masterpiece vacillates between obtuse and elegant.

[rating: 3/5] The Lincoln Company's attempt to bring Artaud back to the stage is a successful failure.

Knaive Theatre give us Osama bin Laden's third dimension in this understated polemic.

Macbeth may be filler but is by no means an anticlimax to this brilliant trench-life triptic.