Theatre

Opening Night: Sheridan Smith enthralls, but this play is a pretentious, convoluted mess

This musical adaptation of John Cassavetes’s film 1977 film lurches from one so-so number to the next

an Accident/a Life: unthinkable trauma lifted into remarkable dance-theatre

Making its UK premiere, Marc Brew’s exploration of a life-changing car crash is funny, affecting – and strikingly free of self-pity

Red Pitch: this dynamic football drama is a contemporary triumph

Tyrell Williams’ award-winning play about three lads contending with their footballing dreams richly deserves its West End transfer

Sister Act: Ruth Jones, playing a firmly Welsh Mother Superior, is a fab addition to the divinely camp musical

Watching the sisters in full flow, boogieing away in rainbow-sequinned habits, is sheer theatrical bliss

Faith Healer: we can’t just rely on masters like Brian Friel – let’s have a play about Leo Varadkar

The Lyric’s revival is an unostentatiously stupendous production – but there’s a risk this play is becoming a comfort-blanket classic

A Taste of Honey: performances of great power – even with the cast’s backs to the audience

This brilliantly written work is worthy of revival – but the Royal Exchange’s theatre-in-the-round presents a number of problems

An Enemy of the People: Jeremy Strong brings fervour and nuance to his first lead role on Broadway

The Succession star’s commanding performance makes Anna Herzog’s adaptation deserve its status as one of the season’s hottest tickets

Harry Clarke: Billy Crudup is riveting, but this Patricia Highsmith-style thriller fails to sting

The Emmy-winning star of The Morning Show masterfully plays 19 different people in this derivative tale of deception