After the Dance Oxford Stage Company

in Terence Rattigan touring from Salisbury to Exeter Northcott, Oct 22-26; Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, Nov 12-16; Oxford Playhouse Nov 19-23; Northampton Royal, Nov 26-30; Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Dec 3-7.

The Circle Somerset Maugham’s family trauma at Edinburgh King’s, Oct 8-12; Greenwich Theatre, Oct 14-19; Cambridge Arts, Oct 21-26.

The Good Woman of Setzuan TAG tour Brecht to Thurso Mill, Oct 1; Findhorn Universal Hall, Oct 3; Ardross Hall, Oct 4; Aberdeen Lemon Tree, Oct 7; Livingston Howden Park, Oct 10; Musselburgh Brunton, Oct 16-19; Falkirk Town Hall, Oct 23; Kilmarnock Palace, Oct 25; Melrose Corn Exchange, Oct 26; Glenrothes Rothes Halls, Oct 28; St Andrews Byre, Oct 30; Dumfries Theatre Royal, Nov 1-2.

Jane Eyre Good Company open their tour at Winchester Theatre Royal, Nov 5-9; Peterborough Key, Nov 19-23; Basingstoke Haymarket, Jan 13-18.

King Lear English Touring Theatre at Aberdeen His Majesty’s, Oct 1-5; Norwich Theatre Royal, Oct 8-12; Buxton Opera House, Oct 15-19; Truro Hall for Cornwall, Oct 22-26; Salford Lowry, Oct 29-Nov 2; Coventry Warwick Arts, Nov 5-9; Cambridge Arts, Nov 12-16; Durham Gala, Nov 18-23; York Theatre Royal, Nov 26-30; Brighton Theatre Royal, Dec 3-7; Bradford Alhambra, Dec 10-14; Norwich Theatre Royal, Oct 8-12; Brighton Theatre Royal, Dec 3-7.

Macbeth Edward Hall directs at Milton Keynes Theatre, Oct 17-26; Richmond Theatre, Oct 28-Nov 2.

The Misanthrope Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds take Tony Harrison’s Moliere to Cambridge Mumford, Oct 1-2; Newbury Corn Exchange, Oct 7-9; Hereford Courtyard, Oct 10-12; Winchester Theatre Royal, Oct 15-19; Buxton Opera House, Oct 28-29; Huddersfield Lawrence Batley, Oct 31-Nov 2; Barnstaple Queen’s, Nov 5-6; Taunton Brewhouse, Nov 7-9; Wakefield Theatre Royal, Nov 11-13; Aberystwyth Arts, Nov 15-16; Newtown Theatr Hafren, Nov 19-20.

A Passage to India Shared Experience in Martin Sherman’s Forster at Bath Theatre Royal, Oct 1-5; Milton Keynes Theatre, Oct 8-12; Oxford Playhouse, Oct 15-19; Coventry Warwick Arts Centre, Oct 22-26; Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Oct 29-Nov 2.

SeZaR Oxford Playhouse tours a South African adaptation of Julius Caesar to Winchester Theatre Royal, Oct 1-5; Reading Hexagon Oct 10-12; Belfast Stranmillis College, Oct 24-26; Nottingham Playhouse, Oct 29-Nov 2; Isle of Man Gaiety, Nov 7-9.

She Stoops to Conquer Out of Joint visit Bexhill De La Warr, Oct 3-5; then tour goldsmith’s comedy with A Laughing Matter - see entry below.

Sunset Song Prime Productions take Lewis Grassic Gibbon adapted by Alastair Cording to Edinburgh Royal Lyceum, Oct 1-19; Pitlochry Festival, Oct 21-23; Stirling MacRobert, Oct 24-26; Inverness Eden Court, Oct 29-Nov 2.

The Tempest Theatre Royal Plymouth and Thelma Holt Ltd at Plymouth Theatre Royal, Oct 3-12; Edinburgh King’s, Oct 15-19; Malvern Festival Oct 21-26; Bath Theatre Royal, Oct 28-Nov 2; Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Nov 4-9; Nottingham Theatre Royal, Nov 11-16; Norwich Theatre Royal, Nov 18-23.

The Threepenny Opera National Theatre Brecht at Canterbury Gulbenkian, Oct 31-Nov 2; Brecon Theatr Brycheiniog, Nov 5-6; Aberystwyth Arts, Nov 8-9; Norwich Playhouse, Nov 26-30; Swansea Taliesin, Dec 2-6; Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Dec 10-14; Manchester ContaCT, Dec 17-21; Birmingham MAC Jan 7-11; Kendal Brewery, Jan 14-18; Northampton Royal, Jan 20-25; Truro Hall for Cornwall, Jan 28-Feb 1.

To Kill A Mockingbird Clwyd Theatr Cymru at Hastings White Rock, Oct 1-5; Coventry Belgrade Oct 8-12; Glasgow Theatre Royal, Oct 15-19; Reading Hexagon, Oct 22-26; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Playhouse, Nov 5-9; Nottingham Playhouse, Nov 12-16.

Travels With My Aunt Nottingham Playhouse in Giles Havergal’s witty four-man Greene version at Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Oct 1-5; Wolverhampton Grand, Oct 7-12; Eastbourne Devonshire Park, Oct 14-19; Manchester Opera House, Oct 28-Nov 2; Darlington Civic, Nov 4-9; Plymouth Theatre Royal, Nov 11-16; Richmond Theatre, Nov 18-23.

A View from the Bridge Touring Consortium at Cardiff New, Oct 1-5; Oxford Playhouse, Oct 8-12; Cambridge Arts, Oct 29-Nov 2; Canterbury Marlowe, Nov 5-9; Darlington Civic, Nov 12-16; Nottingham Theatre Royal, Nov 18-23; Wolverhampton Grand, Nov 26-30; Malvern Festival, Dec 2-7.

Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre tours Terence Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy at Richmond Theatre, Sept 30-Oct 5; Bath Theatre Royal, Oct 7-12; Brighton Theatre Royal, Oct 14-19; Bromley Churchill, Oct 21-26; Oxford Playhouse, Oct 28-Nov 2.

Modern

The Argument Theatre O take their visual invention to Plymouth Drum, Oct 9-12; Barnet Bull, Oct 16; Coventry Warwick Arts, Oct 17-19; Salisbury Arts, Oct 23; Bath Ustinov, Oct 24-26; Aldershot West End, Oct 30; Winchester King Alfred’s College, Oct 31; Uppingham School, Nov 1; New Milton Forest Arts, Nov 2; Nottingham Bonnington, Nov 6; Dorking Halls, Nov 7; Brighton Gardner, Nov 8-9.

Factory Girls 7:84 with Frank McGuinness’s drama of redundancy threats in a 1970s Donegal shirt factory at Paisley Arts, Oct 3-5; St Andrews Byre, Oct 8-9; Musselburgh Brunton, Oct 11; Cumbernauld Theatre, Oct 12; Kirkcaldy Adam Smith, Oct 15; Kelso Tait Hall, Oct 16; Irvine Magnum, Oct 17; Ballachulish Village Hall, Oct 18; Oban Corran Halls, Oct 19; Aberdeen Lemon Tree, Oct 21; Inverness Eden Court, Oct 22; Drumchapel Kinfauns Centre, Oct 24; Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, Oct 25; Edinburgh Traverse, Oct 29-Nov 2; Glasgow Tron, Nov 5-7, Kilmarnock Palace, Nov 9.

Hector’s House Lipservice take to togas at Blackpool Grand, Oct 29-31; Keswick Theatre by the Lake, Nov 4-5;7-9; Ipswich New Wolsey, Nov 12-15.

Inside Out Clean Break take Tanika Gupta’s story of teenage friendship and desertion to Salisbury Salberg Oct 16-18; Manchester Contact, Oct 22-26; Leicester Haymarket Studio, Oct 30-Nov 2; Newcastle-under-Lyme New Vic Studio, Nov 4-5; Cambridge Robinson, Nov 9.

A Laughing Matter Out of Joint with April de Angelis taking a backstage look at the premiere of companion touring piece She Stoops to Conquer at Guildford Yvonne Arnaud, Oct 17-19; Salisbury Playhouse, Oct 22-26; Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, Oct 29-Nov 2; Cheltenham Everyman, Nov 5-9; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Nov 12-23; Exeter Northcott, Jan 21-25; Cambridge Arts, Jan 28-Feb 1.

Men of the World Hull Truck in John Godber on a coach trip to Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, Oct 8-12; Worcester Swan, Oct 15-19; Scunthorpe Plowright, Oct 22-26; Scarborough Stephen Joseph, Nov 11-16; Cheltenham Everyman, Nov 18-23; Kendal Brewery, Nov 25-30.

Mojo Mickybo Kabosh with their two-hander story of friends divided in Northern Ireland visiting Bristol QEH, Oct 1; Weymouth Arts, Oct 2; Eastleigh Point, Oct 3; Nottingham Bonnington, Oct 4; Cambridge Drama Centre, Oct 5; Dorking Halls, Oct 9; Solihull Arts, Oct 10; Darlington Arts, Oct 15; Dunfermline Carnegie, Oct 17; Birnam Institute, Oct 18; Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Oct 23-24; Harlech Theatr Ardudwy, Oct 26; Hemel Hempstead Old Town Hall, Oct 30; Barnet Bull, Nov 1; Dursley Prema, Nov 2.

1984 Northern Stage’s virulent Orwell adaptation at Southend-on-Sea Cliffs, Oct 2-5; Brecon Theatr Brycheiniog [date]; Stoke-on-Trent Regent, Oct 29-Nov 2; Plymouth Theatre Royal, Nov 5-9; Crawley Hawth, Nov 13-16; Winchester Theatre Royal, Nov 19-23.

Parking Lot in Pittsburgh Byre Theatre tours Anne Downie’s sisters reunited comedy to Kirkcaldy Adam Smith, Sept 30-Oct 5; Edinburgh King’s, Oct 7-12; Perth Theatre, Oct 17-Nov 2.

Oleanna Theatre Tours International perform David Mamet at Wimborne Layard, Oct 1; Street Strode, Oct 2; Bath Ustinov, Oct 3-5; Wolverhampton Arena, Oct 8-9; High Wycombe Swan, Oct 10; Warwick Bridge House, Oct 22; Nottingham Lakeside, Oct 24; Sheringham Little, Oct 26; Barnet Bull, Oct 30-31; Horsham Christ’s Hospital, Nov 12; Darlington Arts Nov 14; Maidenhead Norden Farm, Nov 15; Buxton Opera House, Nov 17; Ipswich New Wolsey, Nov 19-20; Eastleigh Point, Nov 22; Bristol New Vic, Nov 25-30; Poole Arts, Dec 6-7.

Peepshow Frantic Assembly in Isabel Wright’s triple cutting-edge script, music, physicality based on pop-promo video at Plymouth Drum, to Oct 5; Manchester Contact, Oct 8-12; Brighton Gardner, Oct 15-19; Winchester Theatre Royal, Oct 21-23; Ipswich New Wolsey, Oct 25-26; Leeds West Yorkshire Playhouse (Courtyard), Oct 29-Nov 2.

Road Pilot Theatre in Jim Cartwright’s urban study tours from York Theatre Royal to Wakefield Theatre Royal, Oct 2-5; Mansfield Palace, Oct 9-12; Salford Lowry, Oct 15-19; Wellingborough Castle, Oct 21-22; Sevenoaks Stag, Oct 24-25; Ipswich New Wolsey, Nov 5-9; Worcester Swan, Nov 12-16; Salisbury Playhouse, Nov 19-23; Preston Charter, Nov 26-30; Nottingham Lakeside, Dec 3-7; Reading Hexagon, Feb 4-8; Winchester Theatre Royal, Feb 11-15; Crawley Hawth, Feb 19-22; Jersey Opera House, Feb 25-March 1.

Silent Engine Pentabus in Julian Garner’s bereavement drama at Much Wenlock William Bookes School, Oct 2; Tewkesbury Roses, Oct 3; Birmingham Door, Oct 8-12; Wolverhampton Arena, Oct 16; Tunbridge Wells Trinity, Oct 18; Salisbury Salberg, Oct 23-26.

Stitching The Red Room take explosive playwright Anthony Neilson’s account of a relationship unravelling over a pregnancy to guildford Mill, Oct 17-19; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Live, Oct 21-22; Norwich UEA Studio, Oct 24-25; Plymouth Drum, Oct 29-Nov 2; Glasgow Tron Nov 12-16; Coventry Warwick Arts, Nov 19-20; Essex Lakeside, Nov 21-22.

Stones in His Pockets Birmingham Rep take Marie Jones’ Hollywood in Ireland comedy to Sheffield Lyceum, Sept 30-Oct 5; Nottingham Theatre Royal, Oct 7-12; Southend Cliffs, Oct 14-19; Coventry Belgrade, Oct 21-26; High Wycombe Swan, Oct 28-Nov 2; Cardiff New, Nov 4-9; Malvern Festival, Nov 11-16; Cambridge Arts, Nov 18-23; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal, Nov 25-30; Bath Theatre Royal, Dec 2-7.

Studs Hull Truck take Gordon Steel’s comedy of football and family life to Scunthorpe Plowright, Oct 1-5; Kendal Brewery, Oct 7-12; Whitley Bay Playhouse, Oct 16-19; Salford Lowry, Oct 21-26; Preston Charter, Oct 29-Nov 2; Wakefield Theatre Royal, Nov 5-9; Chester Gateway, Nov 12-16.

Taj Big Picture’s story of an empress’s ghost,combining dance, drama and cinema at Croydon Clocktower, Oct 5-6; Trowbridge Arc, Oct 11; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Live, Oct 14; Bradford Alhambra, Oct 15; Leicester Phoeix, Oct 16; Oxford Pegasus, Oct 17-18; Hexham Queen’s Hall, Oct 21; Darlington Arts, Oct 22-23; Jersey Arts, Nov 5; Aldershot West End, Nov 7; Chipping Norton Theatre, Nov 8; Barnet Bull, Nov 9; Loughborough Town Hall, Nov 12; Greenham Arts, Nov 14; Manchester Contact, Nov 20-21; Scarborough Stephen Joseph, Nov 22-23; Crawley Hawth, Nov 26; Reading 21 South Street, Nov 27; Beckhamstead Civic Centre, Nov 28; Nottingham Bonnington, Nov 29; Bristol QEH, Nov 30.

The Travels Forced Entertainment’s experimental confessional travelogue at Sheffield Forced Entertainment Studio, Oct 5-9; Lancaster Nuffield, Oct 14-15; Leeds Metropolitan University Studio, Oct 17-18; Nottingham Sandfield, Oct 22; Aberystwyth Arts, Oct 24; Coventry Warwick Arts, Oct 29-30; Manchester Contact, Nov 5-6; Brighton Gardner, Nov 14; Exeter Phoenix, Nov 18-19; Wolverhampton Arena ,Nov 26-27; Cardiff Chapter, Dec 13-14;

Small tours

Boudicca’s Babes Eastern Angles with Greg Lyons’ Iceni queen and daughters drama www.easternangles.co.uk

Dreaming Amelia Hijinx in Sharon Morgan’s play about Amelia Earhart’s Welsh landing www.hijinx.org.uk

Electra Actors of Dionysus in David Stuttard’s Euripides www.actorsofdionysus.com

In the Bleak Midwinter New Perspectives with an East Midlands-set story of shepherds, a wandering king and No Vacancies inns www.newperspectives.co.uk

The Love Child Red Shift tour Lavinia Murray’s adaptation of Edith Olivier’s story of a close female friendship. www.rstc.dircon.co.uk

Tartuffe NTC in Stewart Howson’s Moliere www.ntc-touringtheatre.co.uk

Thank God for Cod New Perspectives’ fishy stories www.newperspectives.co.uk

Young people

Catch Your Breath theatre-rites takes a look at how children create their sense of space daytimes at Coventry Warwick Arts, Oct 10-12; Brighton Gardner, Oct 25-27; Oxford Pegasus, Oct 29; Nottingham Lakeside, Nov 1-2; Durham New College, Nov 5-6; Manchester Green Room, Nov 9-10; Aberdeen Lemon Tree, Nov 15-16; Stirling MacRobert, Nov 20-24; Livingston Howden Park, Nov 27-28.

A Family Cookbook Cleveland Theatre Company for 8-12s with Mike Kenny’s story of children in a new family at Rhyn Park Arts, Oct 15; Belmont Arts, Oct 16; Ludlow Assembly, Oct 17; Southampton Nuffield, Oct 19; Stirling MacRobert, Oct 30-31; Durham Take Off, Nov 4.

Gotcha Half Moon Young People’s Theatre for 5-10s with Adrian Page’s comedy thriller daytimes at Wellingborough Castle, Oct 19; Colchester Mercury, Oct 25; Windsor Arts, Oct 26; Brentford Watermans, Oct 27; Ludlow Assembly, Oct 31; Croydon Clocktower, Nov 3; Durham Take Off, Nov 6; Taunton Tacchi Morris, Nov 12; Cambridge Junction, Nov 16; Brighton Komedia ,Nov 17; Harrow Arts, Nov 20; Barnet Bull, Nov 24; Mansfield Old Library, Nov 30.

Hannah and Hanna Company of Angels with John Retallack’s two-hander of asylum-seeking and friendship overcoming racism in Margate at Manchester Contact, Sept 30-Oct 5; Brighton Komedia, Oct 8-9; Chipping Norton Theatre, Oct 10-12; Eastleigh Point, Oct 17-18; Barnet Bull, Oct 19; Nottinghamshire Stages (details 0115 941 9419), Oct 21-25; Burton-on-Trent Brewhouse, Oct 26; Kirkcaldy Adam Smith, Oct 28; Cumbernauld Theatre, Oct 29; Stirling MacRobert, Oct 30; East Kilbride Village, Oct 31; Belfast Old Museum, Nov 4-5; Chester Gateway, Nov 7-9; Birmingham Castle Vale, Nov 11; Colmers Farm, Nov 12; Broadway, Nov 13; Oxford Pegasus, Nov 14-16; Crawley Hawth, Nov 18; Coventry Warwick Arts, Nov 21-22; Ludlow Assembly, Nov 23.

James and the Giant Peach Birmingham Stage Company’s Roald Dahl adapted by David Wood for 4s and over visits Belfast Grand Opera, to Oct 5; Glasgow Theatre Royal, Oct 8-12; Halifax Victoria, Oct 15-20; Dartford Orchard, Oct 22-26; Swansea Grand, Oct 29-Nov 2; Norwich Theatre Royal, Nov 5-9; Crawley Hawth, Nov 26-30.

Listen To Your Parents Theatre Centre and Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout TIE with Benjamin Zephaniah’s story of a would-be poet and footballer poetically preparing for his big pitch tryout; for 14+ at Birmingham Old Rep, Oct 22-25.

The Nightwatch Pop-Up tour Michael Punter’s ghostly tale of friendship for over 7s at Barnet Bull, Oct 6; Cantervbury Gulbenkian, Oct 9; Oxford Pegasus, Oct 10-11; St Helen’s Citadel, Oct 12; Burnley Mid-Pennine Festival, Oct 14-17; Kirkcaldy Adam Smith, Oct 19; Oldham Grange, Oct 22; Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal, Oct 24; Hemel Hempstead Old Town Hall, Oct 25; Petrockstow Community Centre, Oct 29; Menheniot Village Hall, Oct 30; Bath Ustinov, Oct 31; Newbury Corn Exchange, Nov 1; Shaftesbury Arts, Nov 2; Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Nov 5; Durham Take Off, Nov 6; Hough Green Upton Community Centre, Nov 7; Runcorn Murdishaw Community Centre, Nov 8; Crawley Hawth, Nov 9; Brighton Komedia, Nov 18.

Peter Rabbit and His Friends Unicorn’s production of Adrian Mitchell’s Potter adaptation goes to Lowestoft Marina, Sept 30-Oct 2; Torquay Princess, Oct 4-5; Felixstowe Spa, Oct 7-8; Chelmsford Civic, Oct 9-12; Rickmansworth Watersmeet, Oct 21-23; Whitehaven Civic Oct 24-26; Worthing Pavilion, Oct 28-29; Reading Hexagon, Oct 30-Nov 2.

Sea of Silence Quicksilver with Robin Kingsland’s play for over 7s daytimes at Swansea Taliesin, Oct 10; Swansea Ystradgynlais Miners’ Welfare, Oct 11; Neath Gwyn Hall, Oct 14; Jersey Arts, Oct 16; Bournemouth Centre for the Community, Oct 24; Northampton Royal, Oct 26; Bath Ustinov, Oct 29; Crewe Victoria Community Centre, Nov 1; Chester Gateway, Nov 2; Nottingham Djanogly, Nov 3; Hexham Queen’s Hall, Nov 5; Darlington Arts, Nov 6-7; Ormskirk Rose, Nov 8; Barrow-in-Furness forum 28, Nov 9; Portsmouth Arts, Nov 24; Ludlow Assembly, Nov 27; Crawley Hawth, Nov 29; Sevenoaks Stag, Dec 4.

The Snow Children Pop-Up with Michael Dalton’s visual piece on friendship ands childhood for under 8s daytimes at Plymouth Drum, Dec 3-29; Manchester Royal Exchange Studio, Dec 31-Jan 4; Bath Ustinov, Jan 9-11; Southport Arts, Jan 18; Stirling MacRobert, Jan 24-26.

Starlight Cleveland Theatre Company for 2-5s daytimes on stories and dreams at Dent Memorial Hall, Oct 19; Belmont Arts, Oct 22, 25; Ludlow Assembly, Oct 23; Wellington New College, Oct 24; Blackpool Grand, Oct 26; Stirling MacRobert, Nov 1-3; Durham Take Off, Nov 5; Cambridge Drama Centre, Nov 9; Rotherham Arts, Nov 16; Caistor Town Hall, Nov 19; Great Carlton Village Hall, Nov 20; Alford St Wilfrids Church Hall, Nov 21; Tennyson D’Eyncourt Memorial Hall, Nov 22; Allington Village Hall, Nov 23; Durban House Heritage Centre, Nov 28; Misson Village Hall, Nov 29; Halam Village Hall, Nov 30.

Le Tour de France Theatre Sans Frontieres for 7-12s in French at Canterbury Gulbenkian, Oct 22; Bracknell Wilde, Oct 24-25; Nottingham Bonnington, Oct 26; Milton Keynes Stantonbury, Oct 28-29; Keswick Theatre by the Lake, Oct 31; Carlisle Stanwix, Nov 1; Durham Gala, Nov 3; Halifax Square Chapel, Nov 5; Barrow-in-Furness Forum 28, Nov 6; Alnwick Playhouse, Nov 7; Melrose Wynd, Nov 8.

Winnie the Witch Watershed and Birmingham Repertory Theatre tour Anthony Clark’s version on Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas’s stories for 3-7s daytimes to Lincoln Theatre Royal, Oct 9-12; Salford Lowry, Oct 16-19; Rhyl Pavilion, Oct 22-23; Barnstaple Queen’s, Oct 25-27; Southsea King’s, Oct 30-Nov 2; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal, Nov 6-9; Bradford Alhambra, Nov 13-16.