Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE at Tobacco Factory Theatres Superbly sung and frequently joyously funny. ★★★★★ t.co/2sSsfQ7mmk @tftheatres

Review: CHARLEY'S AUNT at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury Excellent cast delivers everything you would want from an updated classic with a twist ★★★★★

Review: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA at The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha closes in a blaze of absurd joy and for a moment everything feels bearable. A must see. ★★★★★ t.co/aujxfGR19Y @BristolOldVic

Review: THE PARTY GIRLS at Oxford Playhouse Theatre This is a play with a resonance far beyond the history of one eccentric English family ★★★★☆ t.co/XPZvf29l3l @OxfordPlayhouse

Review: CIRQUE ÉLOIZE's ID RELOADED at Cardiff Millenium Centre From start to finish the show is fizzing with supercharged creative energy that is never short of inspiring. ★★★★☆

Review: NEW DAWN FADES at The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham New Dawn Fails as biopic brings little joy, only division ★★☆☆☆ t.co/DN51P9pzUO @EverymanChelt

Review: THE TRUMPETER at The Rotunda Theatre, Cheltenham Haunting, harrowing, heartbreaking…and yet hopeful. ★★★★☆

Review: MURDER AT MIDNIGHT at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Murder and mayhem but lacking in mystery. ★★★☆☆ t.co/mYP72CqGwF @EverymanChelt

Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE at RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Never dull .... but strangely bloodless. ★★★☆☆ t.co/lTg0eBuNoa @TheRSC

Review: WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG at Tobacco Factory Theatres A fantastical journey of the imagination. ★★★★☆ t.co/qNviwxi7ZX @tftheatres

Review: STARTER FOR TEN at Bristol Old Vic An 80's campus musical that trades sharp critique for irresistible fun. ★★★★☆ t.co/dyS2pz9Ppr @BristolOldVic

Review: EMMA at Bath Theatre Royal This stage adaption is a worthy offering to the wider Austen celebrations. ★★★☆☆ t.co/DtabEeB0yD @TheatreRBath

Review: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE at Bristol Hippodrome Rarely fails to thrill or intrigue. ★★★★☆ t.co/yYWme9dqcX @BristolHipp

Review: BEING MR WICKHAM at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham We are never the villains of our own story. Are we? ★★★★☆ t.co/QlfoECywsZ @EverymanChelt

Review: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham “Better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody” ★★★★☆ t.co/HCqJwwVSv0 @EverymanChelt

Review: ENDGAME at Ustinov Studio, Bath Directed by Lindsay Posner with a certainty of touch, like a Picasso drawing, it is spare and uncluttered ★★★★★ t.co/FPb3tWhYQg @UstinovStudio

Review: HAYWIRE at The Barn Theatre, Cirencester Haywire is a love letter to the glory days of radio ★★★★☆ t.co/kxn6ymhj64 @theBarnTheatre

Review: DO I LOVE YOU? at Tobacco Factory Theatres Sliding, gliding, and searching for something to believe in. ★★★☆☆ t.co/7Lbxq3cWCM @tftheatres

Review: OHIO at The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic The show succeeds as an exercise in explaining how to live with the hand that we are dealt ★★★☆☆ t.co/Ona8ncrszU @BristolOldVic

Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Bath Theatre Royal Ralph Feinnes' Shakespeare production divides opinion. ★★★☆☆ t.co/nKlDUrlpSx @TheatreRBath

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Bristol Hippodrome A beautiful production that speaks of issues of prejudice and displacement that are as relevant today as they ever were. ★★★★☆ t.co/Z5xMBKemwT @BristolHipp

Review: FAT HAM at The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Aficionados of Hamlet will find plenty to enjoy in this production ★★★★☆ t.co/oC0D03kATc @TheRSC

Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY at Bristol Hippodrome There are enough clues and subplots to keep us guessing, when not jumping out of our seats. ★★★★☆ t.co/4b7AM7Iz8c @BristolHipp

Review: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at The Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon A talented young cast bring boundless energy and invention to this 21st century adaptation ★★★★☆ t.co/dD62VgFtZV @TheRSC

Review: HEDDA at The Ustinov Studio, Bath Allen brilliantly illustrates a Hedda reaching down into a pool of tortured ideals and thwarted desires. ★★★★★ t.co/XPs3vZliO9 @UstinovStudio

Review: MATT & BEN at Alma Tavern Theatre This show has some strengths, but it is primarily for friends and family to enjoy. ★★☆☆☆ t.co/HCprs4pIvo @AlmaBristol

Review: BARLEYCORN at The Wardrobe Theatre An eccentric, bucolic world in which fable and fantasy float together in some altered reality. ★★★★☆ t.co/OSkJAWXbxm @WardrobeTheatre

Review: DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY at Bath Theatre Royal There are moments of dark intrigue, and there are moments of Austen-like wit, but there is an unsettling unevenness of tone. ★★★☆☆ t.co/wnbv1z0NwK @TheatreRBath

Review: THE MIKADO at Alma Tavern Theatre There are highlights aplenty in this delightful reimagining of an old favourite. ★★★★☆ t.co/ulg6RQcLZX @AlmaBristol

Review: LET'S UNPACK THAT at The Wardrobe Theatre A promising premiere, Rhodes’ ability to win over and hold her audience was undeniable. ★★★☆☆ t.co/1OqSvYKFIx @WardrobeTheatre

Review: MY DAD: THE WOMAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND at Alma Tavern Theatre The play's strength stems from the authenticity of its lived experience. ★★★☆☆ t.co/ROqCqBY3Pf @AlmaBristol

Review: LONDON CITY BALLET - MOMENTUM at Bath Theatre Royal An evening of contemporary ballet at its creative and technical best. ★★★★☆ t.co/2GIMkk7QyR @TheatreRBath

Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at RSC Theatre, Stratford The production is littered with gems yet leaves us in want of greater clarity ★★★☆☆ t.co/tyos0P3AOS @TheRSC

Review: LAST RITES at Bristol Old Vic A poignant reflection on a fraught but loving relationship ★★★★☆ t.co/iI1cADFCxI @BristolOldVic

Review: THE ARMS at Alma Tavern Theatre Unnerving, tightly performed, and original. ★★★★☆ t.co/MD0tZi11XA @AlmaBristol

Review: GRACE PERVADES at Bath Theatre Royal A warm and witty homage to theatre itself. ★★★★☆ t.co/3anYzwK89M @TheatreRBath

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at The Watermill Theatre A reworking of great verve and seemingly boundless energy that does justice to the story ★★★★★

Review: SONGS OF THE BULBUL at Oxford Playhouse It is hard not to enter a kind of aesthetic trance when witnessing something of such beauty and power. ★★★★☆ t.co/cGAaNafYKF @OxfordPlayhouse

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Bristol Hippodrome If spectacle is your thing Moulin Rouge! The Musical will not disappoint. ★★★★☆ t.co/EtALpc3CBE @BristolHipp

Review: MEPHISTO at The Loco Klub, Bristol BS1 6QH Mephisto is a gripping and unsettling production that resonates deeply with the current political climate. ★★★★☆ t.co/LxtLKigTz9 @BristolOldVic

Review: VIA DOLOROSA at Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal Written in 2000 Via Dolorosa has lost little of its relevance, all the seemingly irreconcilable differences it depicts have since deepened and become ever more deadly. ★★★★☆ t.co/pDdMcveUDl @UstinovStudio

Review: HENRY V at Temple Church, Bristol BS1 6HS The storytelling is vibrant, exciting and, like Henry himself, shows what you can do with a great company full of talent and resolve. ★★★★★

Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY at Bristol Old Vic It’s a joyous paean to a cross-dressing individualist. ★★★★☆ t.co/elbn4qcdqC @BristolOldVic

Review: DELAY at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio An interstellar snapshot of heartbreak. ★★★☆☆ t.co/rHMlChSatV @TheatreRBath

Review: DIANA: THE UNTOLD AND UNTRUE STORY at Tobacco Factory Theatres There is plenty to amuse, but don’t expect any members of the Royal Family to join in the fun ★★★☆☆ t.co/8icLT9YLKO @tftheatres

Review: HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon An exquisite artistic collision ★★★★★ t.co/82aIJpHb4k @TheRSC

Review: THE VANISHING ELEPHANT at Oxford Playhouse Theatre Spectacular, warm-hearted production; A mixture of dance, puppetry, song, music and narrative ★★★★☆ t.co/u5uEionLnr @OxfordPlayhouse

Review: BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT at Bath Theatre Royal A good-humoured, cheerfully royalist piece of entertainment ★★★☆☆ t.co/BdCSYTGVC9 @TheatreRBath

Review: EDUCATING RITA at Barn Theatre, Cirencester "But if you wanna change y’ have to do it from the inside, don’t y’?” ★★★★★ t.co/377Zv1FBQN @theBarnTheatre

Review: DEPOSIT/REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio Two plays reminding us once again of what a valuable institution we have in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. t.co/rvj3qszYDu @BristolOldVic