Critic's choice

Claire Allfree|Metro10 April 2012

Mourning Becomes Electra
Epic melodrama from Eugene O'Neill, worth the price for Helen Mirren's masterful central performance.

  • Lyttelton, National Theatre. Tel: 020 7452 3000.

Skellig
There's something lurking in the garage in David Almond's Whitbread-winning fable.
Young Vic. Tel: 020 7928 6363.

His Dark Materials Parts I & II
Anna Maxwell Martin excels as heroine Lyra in this adaptation of Philip Pullman's trilogy.

Olivier, National Theatre. Tel: 020 7452 3000.

Kat And The Kings
Vibrant Apartheid-era musical about the fortunes of a Cape Town band.

Tricycle. Tel: 020 7328 1000.

Dust
A welcome return for the ingenious retelling of The Odyssey using projectors and, of course, dust.

Lyric Hammersmith Studio. Tel: 08700 500 511.

Coming In..

The Taming Of The Shrew
The RSC's production arrives in a whirl of sexual politics and smart one-liners.

Opens Thu, Queen's Theatre. Tel: 0870 890 1110.

The Permanent Way
David Hare's dissection of the privatisation of Britain's railways rolls into town with no delays reported.

Opens tonight, Cottesloe, National Theatre. Tel: 020 7452 3000.

Going Out...

Five Gold Rings
Joanna Laurens's poetic sophomore effort set at a fateful family Christmas.

Ends Sat, Almeida. Tel: 020 7359 4404.

Jason And The Argonauts
Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece nears its end.

  • Ends Sat, BAC. Tel: 020 7223 2223.

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