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Golden Globe-winning US actress Amy Adams makes her West End debut in a new staging – by
Jeremy Herrin – of Tennessee Williams’s 1944 “memory play” of lost youth and familial
dysfunction. Duke of York’s Theatre, London WC2 (theglassmenageriewestend.com), until Aug 27

Britannicus

Racine’s 1669 tragedy of the rise of Nero gets an epic new production directed by Atri Banerjee,
adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Lyric Hammersmith, London W6 (lyric.co.uk), until June
25

Orfeo

The first-ever great opera. Early music expert Laurence Cummings conducts Monteverdi’s
miraculous score; Ed Lyon sings the title role. Garsington Opera, near Stokenchurch
(garsingtonopera.org), until July 3

The Unfriend

A new play by Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is a major event. In this satire on English
manners, a couple on a cruise are befriended by a woman who invites herself to stay. Mark Gatiss
directs a cast to die for, including Frances Barber, Amanda Abbington and Reece
Shearsmith. Minerva Theatre, Chichester (cft.org.uk), until July 9

Tamerlano

This vivid story of 15th-century Tartar conflicts has one of Handel’s most magnificent scores, with
highly praised countertenor Raffaele Pe in the title role. Grange Festival, Hampshire
(thegrangefestival.co.uk), July 3

A Doll’s House, Part 2

US playwright Lucas Hnath has imagined what happened after Nora quit her family in Ibsen’s
classic A Doll’s House. Noma Dumezweni plays the heroine returning, 15 years later, to face the
music. Donmar Warehouse, London WC2 (donmarwarehouse.com), until Aug 6

Rock/Paper/Scissors

Rising playwright Chris Bush utilises all three spaces at Sheffield Theatres to mount three
concurrent plays, with just one cast, dashing between stages. The premise: “When the owner of
Sheffield’s oldest scissor manufacturers dies, three generations begin feuding over what will
happen to the factory site.” Sheffield Theatres (sheffieldtheatres.co.uk), until July 2

Anything Goes

Kathleen Marshall’s triumphant 2021 staging of Cole Porter’s 1930s musical about a lovestruck
stowaway is back. The new cast includes Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson and Simon Callow. Barbican
Theatre, London EC2 (barbican.org.uk), until Sept 3

Mad House