These two excellent, very different shows make for an evening full of variety.

If you are fascinated by world affairs and want to see another person’s perspective on them, this one is for you.

A laugh-out-loud one-man show that combines excellent execution with some highly imaginative and partly obscure content.

Flew the Coop has wings that, whilst slightly clipped, are strong enough to make it fly. (Unlike the chickens that weren't harmed during the making of this play.)

Where do we see ourselves a year from now? RedBellyBlack investigate the matter in a thought-provoking but scrappy verbatim piece.

Pros: A meticulously choreographed piece of art. Excellently executed and magically mesmerising. Cons: On paper, perhaps not everybody’s cup of tea. Approach with an open mind. Thom Monckton and Gemma Tweedie created Only Bones in an empty aircraft hangar in Paris. The handout given to each audience member describes a bizarre creative environment; freezing cold and with constant harassment from goats. One of the pleasures of the piece is that it is clearly a creation born from painstaking care, love, and ...

Despite some logistical hiccups, this is a fun and engaging show that’ll keep you guessing to the very end.

An enigmatic performance with a good symbolic rendition of the bumpy friendship between two women.

A worthwhile show in aid of a worthwhile cause. You have a nice evening, Save the Children gets money — everybody wins.

Pros: A powerful, charged work featuring a strong central character Cons: The second performer appears awkward, never having seen the script before; neither actor produces emotional engagement A man and a woman stand in front of microphones on a largely bare stage, their actions filmed from two angles and projected onto a screen behind them. She’s confident and authoritative, as well she might be, for she both devised and wrote this play. He’s nervous, unsure of himself; he’s never seen ...