1 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin star in Edward Albee’s dark, painful and funny portrait of married life.
Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk 0870 8901101), opens Tues
2 THE MEMORANDUM
Vaclav Havel’s tale of Kafka-esque bureaucracy and other absurdities.
Perth Theatre, High Street, Perth (www.horsecross.co.uk 01738 621031), from Thur, until Feb 11
3 THE CANTERBURY TALES PARTS 1 & 2
An in-form RSC presents Mike Poulton’s adaptation of Chaucer.
Swan Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon- Avon (www.rsc.org.uk
0870 6091110), until Feb 4
4 ANYTHING GOES
Angela Rippon stars in Cole Porter’s exuberant, tuneful musical.
The Lowry (Lyric Theatre), Salford Quays, Salford (www.thelowry.com 0870 7875793), until Feb 4
5 BELIEVE WHAT YOU WILL
Massinger’s 400-year-old play about a Middle Eastern leader threatened by the Roman Empire should have a contemporary resonance.
Trafalgar Studios 1, Whitehall, SW1 (www.theambassadors.com 0870 0606632), opens Wed