Be My Baby

Oldham Coliseum until May8, tel: 0161 624 2829; Hull Truck May 27-June 19,

tel: 01482 323638; Salisbury Playhouse June 10-26, tel: 01722 320333

Hamlet

Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre in rep

July 8-October 2.

Tel: 0870 609 1110

The Importance of Being Earnest

Manchester Royal Exchange June 23-August 7.

Tel: 0161 833 9833

King Lear

Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre in rep June 17-September 29.

Tel: 0870 609 1110

Macbeth

Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre in rep until October 2.

Tel: 0870 609 1110

Measure for Measure

London National Theatre (Olivier) in rep May 17-July 31,

tel: 020 7452 3000; London Shakespeare’s Globe in rep

June 30-September 24, tel: 020 7401 9919

The Merchant of Venice Northern Broadsides tour Bury St Edmunds Theatre

Royal May 4-8; Thoresby Park Riding Stables May 13-15; Richmond (Yorks)

Theatre Royal May 18-22; Cheltenham Everyman May 25-29.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Derby Playhouse May27-July 8, tel: 01332 363275;

Chichester Festival Theatre in rep May 8-September 23, tel: 01243 7813123;

London Open Air Theatre in rep June 2-September, tel: 608700 601811

Much Ado About Nothing

London Shakespeare’s Globe in rep June 2-September 25, tel: 020 7401 9919;

Salisbury Playhouse September 3-25, tel: 01722 320333

Othello

Stratford-upon-Avon Swan until April 3, tel: 0870 609 1110; Cheek by Jowl

tour: Bath Theatre Royal May 4-8; Brighton Theatre Royal May 11-15; Salford

Lowry May 18-22; Cambridge Arts May 25-29.

The Rivals

Compass Theatre tour Harrogate Theatre May 5-8; Winchester Theatre Royal,

May 11-15; Durham Gala May 18-22; Sheffield Lyceum May 25-29; and Bristol

Old Vic May 14-June 12, tel: 0117 987 7877

Romeo and Juliet

Stratford-upon-Avon Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Oct 1,

tel: 0870 609 1110; London Shakespeare’s Globe May 19-September 26, tel:

020 7401 9919

Twelfth Night

Ludlow Festival in rep June 24-July 10, tel: 01584 872150

Under Milk Wood Wales Theatre Company visit Bradford Alhambra May 4-8; Hull

New May 10-15; Sheffield Lyceum May 18-22; Plymouth Theatre Royal May

24-29; Malvern Festival June 1-5; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Theatre Royal June

8-12; Leeds Grand June 14-19.

The Weir Pitlochry Festival Theatre, July 28-October 13, tel: 01796 484626

The Woman in Black

London Fortune Theatre

Tel: 020 7836 2238. Tour: Llandudno North Wales May 4-8; Milton Keynes

Theatre May 10-15 Torquay Princess May 17-22.